The Grind

They capture a small snapshot of the 5 million bus journeys made in the capital city every day. Madden would spend the mornings on the radio for the BBC and then journey into CentralLondon whenever it rained or if it was freezing cold late in the day.

The bad weather would lead tocondensation on the bus windows—familiar to many Londoners—and create the abstract scenesMadden wished to photograph.