Train from the Urals to Moscow, September 1993

This well-decorated WWII veteran was one of my companions in the train's 4-berth cabin.

St Petersburg-Murmansk train, 1992

A very difficult slide to scan as it is quite underexposed. The positions of the characters, breaking a rule of composition - looking away from each other and out of the frame - gives it a negative feeling: Wish I was somewhere else, this is a sad song. Deep blacks emphasize the mood.