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The Bus Stop – Personal Project

The yellow school bus is as ubiquitous as MacDonald’s Golden Arches in the US.   Nowhere else in the world are there yellow buses to carry kids to and from school. According to the American School Bus Council, 480,000 buses transport 26 million students to and from school each day.

Over the last 5 years, I have photographed our school bus stop.   When my son started first grade, it became evident very quickly that the 5-10 min. at the bus stop was a special time.   While some mornings were dark and rainy, other days were bright and cheery, some were cold, some were warm, and some were just moody and eerie. Some days, there was just one passenger from our bus stop, some days there was a crew. All days ended when the bus drove away with passenger safely seated.

Those 5-10 minutes before the bus arrived were filled with lively excitement, burning impatience, nervous anticipation, hope and laughter. On other days, it was apprehension and drama. I spent the time waiting quietly with the dog, listening to them chit-chat about recess and projects and who got sent to the principal’s office. It quickly became my favorite way to start the day.

This personal photography captures the hope and excitement and some apprehension that I sensed during that time. Wondering what that particular day, or even the future would bring (even years down the road) for them; who they would meet; what they would do to make someone else’s day better, or what experience they would have that would touch them and shape them in the tiniest way.

two kids waiting in near darkness at the bus stop in the rain holding a red and white umbrella.
Two kids walking to the bus stop in the rain
A girl air playing a guitarr while the boy is turned away.
two kids racing in front of the camera - long shutter speed and blurry.
Two boys racing each other to the bus stop.
Two kids and a dog waiting at the bus stop.
beautiful sunrise with two kids at the bus stop.
Girl standing next to a red backpack on the ground at the bus stop.
Pig Tails highlighted at the bus stop
Crazy hats for the Christmas Season at the bus stop
Kids wondering if the bus is coming through the fog.
Kids showing their pijama pants and boots with the bus behind them
Dawn at the bus stop.
Kids waving good-bye as the bus approaches
Four kids waiting in the fog to get on the approaching bus - Chattanooga Fine Art Photographer
Foggy morning at the bus stop - the bus looking like a space ship.
Kids waiting to get on the bus in the morning during a downpour.
Girl getting on the bus in the early morning.
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Dominique Angle of Dominique Angle Photography is a fine art digital and film photographer, serving Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga.

 

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