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Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
Hello /p/, it's been a while. Have some street photography.

All comments and critiques appreciated.
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All shot during The Parade of Equality / The March for Tolerance in Warsaw, Poland, on 10th of June 2006.

All shot on Fomapan T200 (expired by a few years) and developed in R-09 1+40.
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More precisely, this means "everyone different, all equal", but I guess it would be too much text to cram in.
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Left to right:

"Procession for you, parade for us" - in Polish, procesja almost invariably means a strongly religious happening.

"Pray at home, discreetly".

"Be strong in tolerance" - paraphrased motto ("Be strong in faith") of pope Benedict XVI's apostolic journey to Poland that took place 2 weeks prior to the march.
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Different crop from the same frame. I'm wary to post both (and next to each other), but for the life of me I can't decide which one is better.
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The march gathered about 20 thousand participants.
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"Fascists of all nations, begone!" - paraphrased final sentence ("Proletarians of all countries, unite!") from Karl Marx' "The Manifesto of the Communist Party". It was most often used in People's Republic of Poland (prior to democratic transformation in 1989) as a slogan for the Labour Day's (1st of May) marches.

The photo itself is mirrored.
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And that's all.
>> Anonymous
They look flat, lighting could've been better.
>> Anonymous
Well... speaking for myself, when I shoot such parades, I try to focus on the people, their excitement and the messages behind them, the causes, and whatsoever.

Now, the only photos even reminiscent of this are
>>50439
>>50440
>>50446
and they don't seem too excited about this

actually, overall, no one seems pretty excited about what they're doing. Maybe it's a problem with the masses, not the shooter? It seems as if only the plaques they're holding mean something and they're simply holding them.

and I noticed you tended to focus on the photographers? why?

were the subjects any more lively, this could've been good. this way, they're just people, and some of the photos are out of focus.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
I get the impression that you were hesitant about getting up in people's faces and getting the picture. Don't be. None of these really have any emotional impact.
>> ac
>>50452
I always take pictures of other photographers, too. It's a weird quirk of mine. I've got gigs and gigs of pictures of people taking pictures at Niagara Falls on my hard drive...

>>50437
I really like this picture. The line of shock riot police heading off into the distance is cool.
>> Anonymous
>>50461
yeah, now if only the people there weren't ignoring them.

"moving along, nothing to see here... srsly"

what's riot police for if there's no cofrontantion?
>> Anonymous
>>50461

At places like Niagara Falls, they're often the most interesting things. I have one excellent photo taken there when I used to live in Ontario where the father's trying to line up a photo of the falls themselves and his son and daughter are tugging on his arms to go elsewhere.
>> Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
>>50451
Might be right, but had to work with what was there.

>>50459I get the impression that you were hesitant about getting up in people's faces and getting the picture. Don't be.
You're impression is right, I'm quite intimidated to do this even in a situation like that. This was my first attempt at street photo, too. I'm yet to figure out how to overcome the fear of stuffing a standard prime in people's faces. For now I see two possible outcomes: getting my ass kicked, or getting a posed shot with their most fake smile (and thus IMO wasting a frame).

I tried to turn this weakness to my advantage, and shoot the whole thing from kind of outsider's perspective. Thus a lot of photos of photographers (whom I always find interesting), people's backs, and the general feeling of lifelessness and watching the show from the backstage you and>>50452pointed out. Otherwise, I would have probably decided on colour film to document this rather colourful parade.

>>50452some of the photos are out of focus.
Could you point out which? As for>>50436and>>50447, they're rather moved than unfocused. And I personally really like the feeling of uneasiness and urgency this brings, especially in>>50436.

>>50461The line of shock riot police heading off into the distance is cool.
I find it especially amusing that they all look like clones.
>> Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
>>50463
This was a march to promote tolerance for LGBT people and communities, which is quite a touchy subject here. Also, about half the participants were straight people showing opposition to the current extreme-right government (which raging homophobia is only one of its many faults). Long before the march, various extreme rightist and neo-nazi organisations threatened to disrupt it, hence the anti-riot guys (2000 of them). It mostly ended up with a few eggs flung towards the marchers, and a handful of hooligans arrested. It used to be hotter in previous years though, especially that 2006's march was the first legal one. Sadly, I was nowhere near the incidents when they happened, and they were over in 10 to 15 seconds.

Thanks for the comments.
>> Anonymous
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> they're rather moved than unfocused. And I personally really like the feeling of uneasiness and urgency this brings, especially in>>50436.
I agree with you here. Not always dead sharp and frozen is what looks good.