Their woeful expressions have been immortalized in Wolf’s photographic series, “Tokyo Compression”.

“Every 80 seconds a new train runs in,” explains Wolf.

Having a camera shoved in their faces didn’t make the commuters any more cheerful.

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“No one was pleased with it,” admits Wolf.

They couldn’t move away, leave the train, so some people tried to hide behind their hands.

[viaThe Independent,Photojojo]

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