Going through old images

St Margaret's Bus Station - c1980

Over the past few months I have been going through my old transparencies.  This has been a revelation as I have come to appreciate how my photography has developed over the years - especially since moving into the digital domain.  What I have come to appreciate is that my key photographic skills lie in post production.  Here I am able to create the image I envisioned whilst out shooting.

This is also true of the old images I have scanned onto the system.   The image above is a good example.  These three image were taken circa 1980 in an around St Margaret's bus station in Leicester.   They were originally colour, I believe shot on Agfa slide film (21 DIN - that shows my age!).  However, in post production I have been able to make them into a much more impactive set of images.   Each one has a story, however small, attached to them and perhaps one day I will get around to putting them down in writing.   For now I think they show two things;  first, how times have changed in the last 30 years;  Second, as we enter another recession we will not doubt see people protesting about there lot, however, few I guess would be wearing a 'donkey jacket.'