About this episode
This episode explores Blair Koostra's 37-day journey capturing railroad photography across the northeast.
It's part three of the Blair Koostra epic 37 day journey across the northeast with camera and hand. One can only hope to achieve the mastery with a camera that Blair has done for decades and decades. What makes railroad photography so important is that you're freezing that moment of a freight train grinding upgrade a sleep passenger train flying by creating a sense of drama you don't get with many other subjects you're not just photographing equipment you're capturing a place and time whether it's in the Appalachian mountains of the eastern United States small towns in the Midwest bridges, massive steel Mills in Indiana, or just a rural crossing railroad photography turns landscapes in the storytelling backdrops. This is a great podcast and one year show and enjoy.
People in this episode
Host: Lionel Strang
Topics covered
- railroad photography
- travel
- storytelling
- landscapes
- freight trains
Keywords
- railroad photography
- Blair Koostra
- travel
- freight trains
- landscapes
- storytelling
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Appalachian mountains, eastern United States, Midwest, Indiana
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