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NIGHT BUSES

Photos by Alex Sturrock

“These were taken on the night buses around central London over a few nights in June. I don’t think anybody takes the night bus out of anything but the utmost necessity, and I think these photos reflect that.”


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Anonymous, on Nov 20, 2008 wrote:
that is way fucking mexico man
Anonymous, on Nov 20, 2008 wrote:
effective use of a homeless person filter on the lens
Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
If some cunt, with his tight jeans and an expensive camera, got on a night bus down my way, he would be getting off with a bust mooth and nae camera.

Props to all those who said that night buses are the only way to go because taxis are too expensive. I try not to go too far and walk - you meet even more interesting people then but you don’t even want to make eye contact, let alone pull out a flashy camera, tell them they have interesting faces and that you are doing a school project on poor people for the rest of my middle class peers.
Anonymous, on Aug 15, 2008 wrote:
Hmm, I used to like the night bus when I lived in London. Dropped me off right outside my house. Really nothing wrong there. Better than a dodgy taxi tout anyday.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
you missed all the young drunk party people coming home from clubbing because the tube closes so damn early and cabs from central london to any of the affordable neighborhoods would be, well, unaffordable. i’m surprised with london being a "world-class" city. if london was a real city it wouldn’t make life so difficult for not-so-rich people who actually stay out later than 11.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
these people look harmless.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
There are some OK portraits here, but whilst most of them are taken at night, in a bus shelter, none of them are actually on a bus, so to be honest you could have just as easily called this collection ’old people’. As such, it’s a bit lame.

Hx
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
"the pretentious partyboy that took them" what the fuck. what is it with vicious fags that comment on here? i would love to see you say that to this guy. really couldn’t be further from the sad predictable cliche you assume he is.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
Congrats Vice, you managed to combine racism and ageism into one handy article.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
photos of people with more interesting lives than the pretentious partyboy that took them and then argued his case in the viceland comments
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
"I don’t think anybody takes the night bus out of anything but the utmost necessity..." What a dick. Most people can’t afford to pay 20quid for a 2 mile taxi ride. It’s not a necessity, just a plain fact of life, much like getting the bus during the day. One of the best things about London is the cheap and extensive night-buses. And the people in these pics don’t look scary or horrible or anything. It’s just a bit sad.
Mehdi, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
I suggest you guys try getting on, say, the N171, from Catford Garage to Holborn.. I’ve become sort of immune to the crazy shit that I see on that bus.. it’s kind of heartening though.. brings you down to earth.. you see uni-kids who are too pissed to know who they’re snogging and you see right next to them a mentally-ill drug addict shivering in his underwear on a freezing november night..

I’m not scared of anything anymore..
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
LOL "night bus is 90p. of course you’ll get undesirables - but a load of knobby students taking pictures as well"
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
I’ve met that guy in the top left a couple of times, he threatened to kill me because I was sitting on ’his’ bit of pavement.
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
night bus is 90p. of course you’ll get undesirables - but a load of knobby students taking pictures as well
Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2008 wrote:
’..or to take pictures with the camera mummy and daddy got me for chrimbo.’ GOD FORBID THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THESE WORKS AND EARNS MONEY TO BUY A CAMERA. did you just have to get a oh so vicey viscious comment in there just to prove your a little tiny bit different from the rest. its documenting people who are on the night bus. if you were on the night bus at that point im sure you would have jumped infront of the camera to be in vice.
Anonymous, on Aug 12, 2008 wrote:
these are great. some of the best stuff in the issue. fuck you negative cunts.
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
old people looking confused
fuck yeah
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
I had a sudden fear that I was going to be in one of these.
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
this is not the london night bus spirit-atmosphere...
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
boring
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
yeah-people take the bus for fun...or to take pictures with the camera mummy and daddy got me for chrimbo.
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
funny thing is,buses during day-silence;during night-loud ’n’ lairy.
oh alcohol-shall i compare thee to etc.etc...
Anonymous, on Aug 10, 2008 wrote:
God forbid, economically depressed people. What’s a self-absorbed, trust funded hipster to do?
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
the deep sea marine life of humanity
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
and no one speaks to each other on the bus anyway.

try it sometime. just be friendly and speak a stranger during your commute. it’s sad how it’ll sketch out most everyone.
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
if i knew there were so many badass beards on the night bus i might catch it a lot more. cabs are boring anyway.
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
bottom left is the creepiest
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
there are at least three people here who would give me a heart attack if i bumped into them in a dark alleyway
Anonymous, on Aug 9, 2008 wrote:
this spread should be made into a flyer and distributed around London as a warning for children
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