My project on bus stops originated while documenting life in the Kopanice region. In the area of the Myjava Kopanice, the original inhabitants are gradually disappearing, and the newcomers mostly own cars, which causes public bus transport in this region to lose its function. Less frequented bus routes are being canceled, and the shelters are left abandoned. Their purpose is fading, transforming into meeting points for hikers or, in worse cases, targets of vandalism, or simply places to hide from bad weather.
They are scattered—sometimes too far from each other, and sometimes in locations where you wouldn’t expect a bus stop at all. Buses haven’t come to some of these places in years, yet the shelters remain as monuments of time and places that once served people. Residents waited in them, leaving behind an atmosphere of waiting, returning, and memories of travels. Many people had to walk a long way from their cottages to reach the bus, which in the past.
Especially in winter it was not easy, and the shelter provided a place to rest and warm up. Later on, I began documenting functioning bus stops as well, expanding into the surrounding areas, which eventually formed this typological series. In different parts of Slovakia, people modify them, take care of them to varying degrees, and they bear the imprint of human activity and culture.
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bus-8
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bus-1
bus-18
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bus-5
bus-16
bus-4
bus-9
bus-7
bus-11
bus-14
bus-13
bus-12
bus-15
bus-17
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