metro.texture™

babuchka

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:09:00 +0000

It's been awhile. Silver Spring station.

pit of despair

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:30:00 +0000

for your information

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:46:00 +0000

waiting

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:47:00 +0000

all aboard

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:44:00 +0000

last passenger

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:42:00 +0000

trading trains at gallery place

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:06:00 +0000

doors opening

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:05:00 +0000

lit up, at archives

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:02:00 +0000

tunnel vision

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:08:00 +0000

lookin' up

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:24:00 +0000

autumn sun

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:47:00 +0000

sardines

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:16:00 +0000

It could be you!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Who?
Do you ride the D.C. Metro? Do you have a camera phone? Can you send multimedia messages (text and pictures) from your phone? If you answered yes to all three of these questions you could be a metro.texture™-er!

What?
What the heck is a metro.texture™? It's an image that captures an essential or characteristic quality of the Washington D.C. Metro System (trains only at this time, no buses). Images must be captured on a camera phone and then sent to the blog from that camera phone. No external manipulation allowed.

Where?
I'm in search of people that can submit metro.textures™ from any of the following routes:

When?
I'll be collecting submissions on a rolling deadline, with each month having a different theme. You can find each month's theme listed in the top, righthand column of the blog's homepage. November 2007's theme is easy: Accidental Texture. (Read about my first accidental texture.)

How?
Send your metro.texture™ to the In Search of metro.texture™-ers blog at metro.texture.insearchof[a]blogger[dot]com with the following information included:

An image title (use the subject line in your messaging program for this)
Your name (or e-handle, if your prefer) and email (This is for my use only. I'll remove it before the texture goes live. It's just so I can get in touch with you if necessary.)
Type of camera phone you used
Line, location (station, etc.) and direction you were riding when you took the picture
You can also include a short description of the picture, but it's not required.

So a submission might look something like this:

end of the line

Jennifer (See. No email here.)
AT&T Tilt
Red Line, Glenmont Station, toward Shady Grove
This is my morning train arriving at the station. I really like how the light from the inside of the train gives the platform a glowing quality.

I'll vet your submissions and make them go live provided they have the required info and are not offensive in any way.

Happy metro.texture™ hunting!

gallery lights

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:47:00 +0000

I've been wanting to capture this for a while now and the delays on the Red Line this morning finally allowed me to.

end of the line

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:45:00 +0000

My morning train arriving at Glenmont Station.

gallery space

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:04:00 +0000

surpassing-est

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:02:00 +0000

surfacing

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:38:00 +0000

air source

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:49:00 +0000

seat back

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:47:00 +0000

farragut north

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:44:00 +0000

the 2nd accidental texture

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:50:00 +0000

Today is my second day back at work from maternity leave. My husband is now dropping me off at Glenmont Station on his way to deposit the baby in daycare before he goes to work. I accidentally took this picture on the escalator and it reminded me to get going with the metro.textures again.

I'm back.

Want to see the 1st accidental texture? Click here.

It's been soooo long...

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:29:00 +0000

But here's a recent Metro.Texture for you. My daughter on her first Metro ride...

Today was her first ride outside the womb. Of course she rode the Metro with me all the time to work while I was pregnant. And as you can see, today she was just as oblivious as she would have been then.

The End is in Sight

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:14:00 +0000

Farragut West Station:: Lights illuminate the end of the escalator.