Incredible photos show three years of 'iconic' Manchester bus route the 42
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe 42 bus, which runs from Stockport to Piccadilly Gardens, is like a 'Manchester institution', says photographer Claire Wray.
It passes through one of the busiest bus corridors in Europe and has been described as ‘chaotic, stressful and unpleasant’. It's not what Claire, from Cheadle, expected to be spending three years photographing. READ MORE: The smiley little boy who touched people’s hearts dies from rare disease as hundreds line the streets for funeral But a foot injury made street photography 'almost impossible' for her. "I still wanted to take pictures.
I had the idea of hopping on the bus and pointing my camera out the window," she said. Before she knew it, she had a project, the '42 Bus'. "I think that's how most projects start.
You just start taking pictures and you see patterns," she told the M.E.N. Between 2012 and 2014 she caught the 42 bus, into Piccadilly Gardens and back again - even outlasting her running injury. "Some days I wouldn't even get a good picture but you have to be there to try," Claire said.
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