This Canadian is riding Greyhound buses across America and taking photos of the people he meets using a $7 thrift store camera

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Greyhound Bus Portraits - 5

Ian Willms

Willms takes most of his photos at terminals and stops, to avoid bothering passengers while on the moving bus.

"There is nowhere on Earth weirder than the Columbus, Ohio, Greyhound station at three in the morning," says Ian Willms, a Canadian photographer.

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He challenges me to name a place more unusual. I have no refute.

It'd be wise to trust Willms' knowledge, as he's spent over 1,000 hours using the bus line that turned 100 last year.

He is quite aware that this is "definitely contrary to what most people would want to do with their time."

But his transient nature, as he describes it, complements his subject matter, which will be revealed in a photo series, "The Hound," that he's slowly finishing.

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Keep scrolling to see the images Willms has published so far.