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Malta
Photography, Digital on Other
Size: 36 W x 24 H x 0 D in
Part of The Malta Bus Series. The traditional Maltese buses were well known abroad, loved by tourists for their character and nostalgic value. With the majority of the fleet classified as antique, tourists often marvelled at the fact that these vehicles were still in operating condition up until 2011. This series of images was shot in 2011, right before these buses vanished off the streets altogether. The old Malta buses were really something truly unique and one of the most recognisable icons of Malta. Mainly of British manufacture, with marques such as Bedford, AEC, Leyland and Ford, a large number of these buses date back from the 1970s and 1960s, with a few examples from the 1950s. Some were manufactured locally as well. Having been replaced with a modern fleet of buses by the Malta Public Transport, the old Maltese buses have vanished from the streets of Malta and Gozo. If you’re lucky you can spot a few of them around the Sliema area, for tourist tours. Another couple of these old timers were exported to the UK, bought by collectors for restoration projects. Many of them were hand-painted by their owners, each of them in their own individual way.
Photography:Digital on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 24 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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William was born in Malta in 1972 and spent his early childhood years in London, England as his family had moved to Bethnal Green, where they lived for seven years before relocating back to the sunny island in the Mediterranean in 1979. The seeds for his passion for photography were planted when his older sister gave him a Kodak Instamatic camera loaded with film for his 6th birthday. He proceeded to the back garden and his first-ever photos were shot on that day; those first photos are still cherished and kept safe in an old photo album, even if the colours have slightly faded away due to age.
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