When The World Looks Back

As the archive is shared, a social network begins to form on top of the rail network. People recognise their walk to school, a daily commute, a childhood home, or even themselves. The journeys become woven into the memories of thousands of others.

Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Amazing….. what a vidéo. I live nearby and you made me love my place even more. Btw, I was at the Starbucks that sunny day I remember les travaux! ^^
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Thanks for putting together pictures of my youth. Everyday I walked that bridge to school. I know those places too well and it warms my heart that you saw the not so pretty views in such a pretty way. ❤️
USA Summary
USA Summary
Haha!!!! Yes!! I have both been mooned and been the mooner from that exact camp. Love it.
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
That football pitch is right next to my house.
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
I'm the music-listening guy you captured – what a serendipitous way to get introduced to your work, @katiedwards! I'm a Paris-based street photographer who loves capturing the intimate moments on the street, so it feels a bit surreal to be on the other side of the lens this time 💚
Baku to Qazax
Baku to Qazax
The barcode building is my neighborhood which I haven’t see very long time. I recognized couples of the photos. Thank you for expressing the beauty I could never described but felt deep in my heart. God knows how many times I watched arrows lands, colorful settlements. ❤️
Madrid to Marseille
Madrid to Marseille
Used to take the train passing by the flamingo every week to go to school, this is such a nostalgic experience
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
The “strange drawing pharm building” is where i am right now as i am typing this
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
Passed by my college on Avenue H, these are the routes I take almost daily nice to see them in this perspective.
Oslo to Bergen
Oslo to Bergen
Thank you for amazing pictures from this beautiful country especially near Finse. I spent there few months. And also thank you for picture of me on Finse. Wind in hair ☺️
Yerevan to Gyumri
Yerevan to Gyumri
Rainbow blocks 🥹 It is our lovely workspace office. ❤️
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
Those mussel lines are my dads! It’s lovely to see them captured so beautifully.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Haha, I live where the bridge in the rock is (in a town below) and it's so cool that this video showed up in my feed. I took that same train from my place to Prague before and stared out of the window, bored. This is a lovely approach. This made me smile.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
Native NYer, raised in Queens, living in South Brooklyn: this captured the outer boros beautifully. Well done.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
This is literally my NYC experience. I remember looking out the windows on the subway wondering how those people's days were and inspecting the graffitis on the buildings. I love this.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Went for morning doomscrolling. Ended up watching masterpiece about my country 💙🇨🇿
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
The train ride from Berlin to the Czech border is a very familiar view to me...
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
I’ve taken this journey before and felt super emotional but with your poetry on top of it...
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I take that train twice a week and never fail to love it. I recognize every place and picture you took, however you gave it so much more.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
I love your work! Welcome to our wonderful city, so fun seeing you capture the places I see all the time!
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
I live in that part of the world and it’s truly beautiful, you captured it well 🩷
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I take that train so often.
Ankara to Kars
Ankara to Kars
It makes me feel like I'm reading my fav comic and imagining all this way to make sense of the world when u barely old enough to understand comics but old enough to create world in your brain through these images. This reel took me back to that noon with that feeling..
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Thank you for reminding me of home.
London to Penrith
London to Penrith
Beautiful. That's close to my hometown, Alston. Maybe you know it?
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
My city!! So cool to see through your art style.
Northern Lights Train
Northern Lights Train
I'm so happy to see your art made it to Norway, my home country! 🇳🇴 Thank you for showing it off in your train windows.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I've taken that trip a few times. Still remember the houses you shot like it was yesterday.
Yerevan to Gyumri
Yerevan to Gyumri
Beautiful work! ✨👏🏽 This brought back so much nostalgia. I miss Armenia ⎯•֍ 🇦🇲
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Thank you for this enchanting romantification of Paris through line 6. Loved revisiting the city through your eyes 😍
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I took this train at 15 and there are still moments I remember from it.
London to Penrith
London to Penrith
Ooo my homelands! Looking forward to the results! Welcome to Cumbria!
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
Yes my family was seating next to you. I noticed you had a camera and an instagram @ on a poster, I had to follow 😊 I’ve shown them the video and they loved it too. It’s now also a memory for us ❤️
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
You captured it poetically well. It reminds me of the train trip 14 years ago.
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
The lonely house is Kobba Klintar! I always love seeing it on the way to Åland, it reminds me of that lonely house from the train scene in Spirited Away.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I travelled this route many times. Thanks for the memories ❤️
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
love your style! I take this train a lot but never really look outside 😅 you really the art of noticing down!
Bernina Express
Bernina Express
I took the Bernina Red Train up from Tirano to St. Moritz and the Bernina Express on the way down. Loved the Express with its panoramic windows... But I also had more fun in the classic Bernina Red Train where you can open the windows and enjoy the wind and the snow... I had some fun in the Red Bernina train taking pictures through the train's door windows like you do.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I've taken this route so many times, and the magic had faded. Thank you for reminding me of the beauty that can be seen through the train's windows.
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Omggg! This is a masterpiece of storytelling, video and photos 😍, that trip above the streets starting from Pasteur until Passy is one of my favorite scenic routes 🤩
Tbilisi to Batumi
Tbilisi to Batumi
My very first sleeper train was between Kutaisi and Tbilisi ❤️ it’s such a lovely country!!
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
This was exactly how I felt when I experienced this train journey. Love the shot composition, the storytelling just makes it better👏
Yerevan to Gyumri
Yerevan to Gyumri
Beautiful work of art. Loved seeing Armenia through your poetic lens & storytelling🤎
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I have been driving on this train route from Dresden to Prague so many times over maybe 30 years.
Oslo to Bergen
Oslo to Bergen
Yes!! Been hoping you'd do this trip! Bergen is best! My hometown! Thank you for catching it! ❤️🥳
Leiden to Haarlem
Leiden to Haarlem
@yours.harini mooimooi gesproken. Zoveel locals en Hollanders nemen dit mooi magische landschap voor lief! Prachtig verwoord! Dank // (Translation: "Beautifully said. So many locals and Dutch people take this beautiful magical landscape for granted! Beautifully expressed! Thank you.“)
Tbilisi to Batumi
Tbilisi to Batumi
Omg, can’t believe you were in Georgia 🇬🇪😍 and your creation is as always a masterpiece ❤️ Thank you 🥰
Genova to Marseille
Genova to Marseille
Lovely to see my country through your eyes! This one felt particularly analogue, almost as if I could touch it. Maybe that’s why it felt so touching 😅
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
This route along the Elbe is my absolute favourite.
Yerevan to Gyumri
Yerevan to Gyumri
Last summer I took a flight to Yerevan to meet my dearest friend and soul sister... we went from Yerevan to Gyumri in someone else's car. You've inspired me to get there at least once again and take a train this time.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
You shoot my workplace 😊
Leiden to Haarlem
Leiden to Haarlem
My fave train route in spring ahhh😍😍
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
As a train conductor from Czechia, I literally take pictures like you too! My gallery is full
Baku to Qazax
Baku to Qazax
You made me see my city from a completely different perspective — a very beautiful one 😍 Indeed, the beauty - it is in the eyes of the one who sees 🤍
Leiden to Haarlem
Leiden to Haarlem
No way, I’m from Haarlem! I love these videos.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
I love your eye!!! Thank you for capturing my city so beautifully.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I have previously hiked, cycled and camped parts of this route. Great shots of the Bastei Bridge, Sächsische Schweiz and the beautiful Elbe River.
London to Paris
London to Paris
How many of us were so disappointed the first time they took the train for the Channel Tunnel? As a teen, I thought I would see fishes through the glass/windows of the train. 😭🤣
Oslo to Bergen
Oslo to Bergen
I've been there too last summer. So beautiful to see it again with your camera eyes 🥰
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Your video is amazing from a Parisian who enjoys line six when la dame de fer suddenly appears and who feels so lucky to live in that wonderful city called Paris. Your video catches the essence of Parisian life.
Madrid to Marseille
Madrid to Marseille
Absolutely breathtaking. I think you captured my home city!
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
I’ve done part of this journey from Fort William to Glasgow & I couldn’t look away from the window.
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
One of my fav metro stretches.
Benelux
Benelux
What a beautiful video and amazing storytelling. I did Berlin Amsterdam so many times in my life - it felt like home watching your video.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
This is my favorite train route. I took it once almost 10 years ago and I still remember every inch of it.
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
I saw you and your work first time on that boat! This turned out beautiful ✨
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
The shafts of light between the isles of Eigg and Rum are magical, thank you for capturing my home so well ❤️
Glasgow to Mallaig
Glasgow to Mallaig
Superb story telling - my favourite train journey.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
It's the line I used to take to visit my Czech grandmother. I recognised at least 50% of the places in the video.
Genova to Marseille
Genova to Marseille
I love this. I’ve done this ride so much, and this summer as well, and I love how clearly I can remember the details of this journey and how I was feeling as the Provençal scenery passed before my eyes.
Ankara to Kars
Ankara to Kars
This train (Doğu Ekspresi - Eastern Express) is best in winter when most of the landscape is covered by snow. 🚂❄️🇹🇷
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
In 1988 I moved to NY from Tobago. I lived in Coney Island. I swear riding the train was the highlight of every day. I looked at exactly what you captured... Those were some of the best experiences of my life. Thank you for bringing that back.
Tbilisi to Batumi
Tbilisi to Batumi
You captured Georgia so well. Sunny and nostalgic ❤️❤️❤️
Paris to Karlsruhe
Paris to Karlsruhe
I journeyed from Paris to Geneva by train when I was 4. This post took me back 15 years.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
I'm a Brit living in South Brooklyn and you've captured how I feel about it & see the world so poignantly.
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
I literally went to New York and rode the subway to Coney Island 3 days ago. Love this.
Tbilisi to Batumi
Tbilisi to Batumi
Seeing my home country in one of your videos was the last thing I expected! I've always loved your perspective, but seeing these familiar places makes me feel included in such a profound way. Thank you for this.
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
I’m so glad you took the boat! Beautiful journey and enjoy that roller coaster ride in Stockholm.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Currently living in Canada and I'm from Czechia and miss it so much. You have really captured the essence of my country.
Baku to Qazax
Baku to Qazax
What a beautiful and unexpected way to describe the journey to my country! It's pure poetry! Love your work❤️🤗
Genova to Marseille
Genova to Marseille
Another great piece from you. It was really nice meeting you on the journey you had before this one, it made me rethink the way I see my morning commutes. See you in the train again one day!
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
As someone who spent more than 75% of her life on these trains then moved to LA, I am quite homesick because of this beautiful masterpiece 😭
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
House all on its own is called Kobba Klintar. It's an old pilot house. Nowadays it's cafe at summer for sailors 🫶 I recommend to visit if there's any chance!!🇦🇽🇦🇽
Oslo to Bergen
Oslo to Bergen
I wish I had been able to appreciate the details like this when I took this exact 6.20AM train from Oslo to Bergen this summer 🥺💗
Genova to Marseille
Genova to Marseille
I lived in Marseille a couple of years ago and had the best time of my life. I remember taking trains along the coast many times and looking out the window with the same curiosity for details ❤️ Thank you for momentarily transporting me back!
Baku to Qazax
Baku to Qazax
Sometimes I forget how beautiful the land of my ancestors is, the love in hidden places and the sincerity of the small cities — thank you for the much needed reminder🤍
Tbilisi to Batumi
Tbilisi to Batumi
I find it funny that every castle in the back is actually a church and what's more the 'tiny house with an orange roof' is also a church 😅 I've waited for this video ever since the one about Azerbaijan came across my feed. I have missed the mountains of my country 🏔️
Ankara to Kars
Ankara to Kars
I traveled with the Dogu Express last year in spring. A truly amazing experience i don‘t want to miss. Food was great as well and i shared my cabin with a kind elderly turkish man, who, however, was snoring like a lumberjack. Good memories. Love your photography and travels!
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I took this same journey around a month and you put into a video what I wish I could've.
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Thank you for that beautiful nostalgic moment ✨ I took line 6 every morning and every night for 3 whole years, from Nation to Place d’Italie to go to high school and it’s always been my favorite favorite line of them all ❤️
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
I was just reminded of your photography for some reason and has been scrolling for a long time now 🤩 you’re amazing! As a Stockholmer this was especially fun to watch 💖
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
Growing up in Paris can easily drive you on the path of bitterness to the point where you no longer notice all the beauty that's being displayed in front of your eyes... My go-to recommendation for visitors is always to take metro line 6. Thank you for honouring what is really interesting about our city – your city too.
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
Woww can’t believe you were in my home city (Turku)!! I’ve been following you for ages, keep up the lovely work!! x
New York City Subway
New York City Subway
Did the Coney Island trip with my son a few years ago - great place.
Leiden to Haarlem
Leiden to Haarlem
I love this!!! This is my daily commute train :)
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I take that train every now and then, love your perspective!
Oslo to Bergen
Oslo to Bergen
Yo that's my hometown, hope you had a good time ✨
Marseille to Paris
Marseille to Paris
Ooh wow this is sensational. I went on this route two years ago and missed it so I will definitely be paying attention now ❤️🔥
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I often tell people about my favorite train ride from Dresden to Prague in the winter, but can't explain it or show it like this
Yerevan to Gyumri
Yerevan to Gyumri
Now I experienced and felt my Armenia differently! Thank you for this journey ♥️
Turku to Stockholm
Turku to Stockholm
Ahh lovely! Been on this journey many times, so cool to see it captured through your lens now. It’s a rugged one.
Baku to Qazax
Baku to Qazax
You made me fall in love with my country once again!😍
Paris Metro
Paris Metro
I literally experienced this route last weekend before I saw your video today and I was struck by the beauty of everything outside. You have captured it soo well and weaved a striking story👏
London to Paris
London to Paris
Last night, I rode the last Eurostar of the night. It was so dark outside, the only way I could see if we were in a tunnel was by checking my phone signal. Nice to see your photos of a well-lit journey!
Berlin S Bahn
Berlin S Bahn
Loove seeing my home sweet home through your lens 🥰
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
I live in Prague and I used to travel to uni close to German border through this route for 5 yrs and I can confirm it’s pretty spectacular.
London to Paris
London to Paris
I’ve never ever seen the Medway captured so magnificently, nor even thought it could sparkle like that! 😅 An excellent journey told through wonderful photographs.
Berlin to Prague
Berlin to Prague
Oh I travelled on this route often!! I recognized the buildings 🫶🏻