i stayed up to watch the vote in NY last night (it was overnight for me). it was good to watch. congratulations.
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congratulations, NY
i stayed up to watch the vote in NY last night (it was overnight for me). it was good to watch. congratulations.
©2011 helen sotiriadis
democracy in action
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more of my images from syntagma square
this was another very good article in the guardian last week about the protests in greece and the democratic discourse springing from them... more thanks to julia baracco for forwarding the link to me.
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'thousands of people come together daily in syntagma to discuss the next steps. the parallels with the classical athenian agora, which met a few hundred metres away, are striking. aspiring speakers are given a number and called to the platform if that number is drawn, a reminder that many office-holders in classical athens were selected by lots. the speakers stick to strict two-minute slots to allow as many as possible to contribute. the assembly is efficiently run without the usual heckling of public speaking. the topics range from organisational matters to new types of resistance and international solidarity, to alternatives to the catastrophically unjust measures. no issue is beyond proposal and disputation. in well-organised weekly debates, invited economists, lawyers and political philosophers present alternatives for tackling the crisis.
this is democracy in action. the views of the unemployed and the university professor are given equal time, discussed with equal vigour and put to the vote for adoption. the outraged have reclaimed the square from commercial activities and transformed it into a real space of public interaction. the usual late-evening tv viewing time has instead become a time for being with others and discussing the common good. if democracy is the power of the "demos", in other words the rule of those who have no particular qualification for ruling, whether of wealth, power or knowledge, this is the closest we have come to democratic practice in recent european history.'
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melina
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melina was my second victim, after thomas. besides being beautiful and sweet, she was very comfortable in front of the camera, and, the few times i needed to make suggestions for a pose, she got me straight away. we got a lot more great shots than i expected! i actually met her for the first time when we met up to shoot, and she's been a delight to get to know.
she's also been a great sport with my experimenting... thanks, melina!
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vitraux
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a side vault in notre dame, paris -- a blend of three exposures.
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follow the yellow brick road
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one of the streets off syntagma, most probably thiseos, after the shops closed.
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karidopita
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καρυδόπιτα, or walnut pie (well, cake, actually), with ice cream, at woodsy bafi shelter on parnitha mountain. mr.G ate this.
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free
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i went out to shoot my second victim yesterday, with nix as my assistant! of course, i shot a few of her.
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boston.com disappoints
my comment on boston.com:
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'i'm also from greece and i find that boston.com's decision to showcase the violence that broke out for a short time in one day, after almost a month of peaceful protests. on this day, as increasingly austere measures were being discussed in parliament and a record-breaking number of protesters showed up, a small gang of troublemakers were -i suspect- inserted into the perpetually peaceful crowd to create chaos and to hopefully break up and disperse the protest. it didn't work, the troublemakers were thwarted, and the protesters reclaimed the square. the decisionmakers at boston.com should be ashamed of themselves for highlighting this incident instead of the hopeful images we've had for almost a month now. i visited the square three times -- so far -- and shot my own images. people truly interested in events in greece should view pictures taken by local residents instead of these taken by journalists hungry for a moment of violence. here are mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomanytribbles/sets/72157626881565876/'
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please find a sample of the webpage's disappointing decision-making here. one wonders what their intentions and priorities are.
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'i'm also from greece and i find that boston.com's decision to showcase the violence that broke out for a short time in one day, after almost a month of peaceful protests. on this day, as increasingly austere measures were being discussed in parliament and a record-breaking number of protesters showed up, a small gang of troublemakers were -i suspect- inserted into the perpetually peaceful crowd to create chaos and to hopefully break up and disperse the protest. it didn't work, the troublemakers were thwarted, and the protesters reclaimed the square. the decisionmakers at boston.com should be ashamed of themselves for highlighting this incident instead of the hopeful images we've had for almost a month now. i visited the square three times -- so far -- and shot my own images. people truly interested in events in greece should view pictures taken by local residents instead of these taken by journalists hungry for a moment of violence. here are mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomanytribbles/sets/72157626881565876/'
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please find a sample of the webpage's disappointing decision-making here. one wonders what their intentions and priorities are.
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thomas
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my friend thomas was the first to raise his hand in my call for victims. he was very easygoing, and after getting over my initial nervousness (as he had no issues whatsoever), we started to have fun. thankfully we got quite a few shots that we both liked.
thanks, thomas!
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sweeping sounion
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heavy cloud cover prevented me from capturing the eclipse at cape sounion last night. with no reasonable break in sight, i broke out my seldom-used canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye to get a different variation of the blue hour at this favorite location.
below is the same capture, with lightroom's lens correction applied:
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danbo needs her C8H10N4O2
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waiting for nix to finish up her shopping at the mall, i ended up at starbucks. thank goodness i always have my camera with me... and a prop or two. i liked the swirly text motif on the table.
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the center of attention
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the texture is vortex - texture 66 by dyrk.wyst.
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détail à notre-dame
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just scanning the archives from paris. i know the vignette is over-the-top, but i like the drama.
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golden girl
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a statuette spotted at my friend aliki's beautiful home.
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i needs victims
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just experimenting with retouching techniques -- trying to achieve a somewhat natural look. it's a very steep learning curve! for lack of
who wants to be next?
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syntagma, athens, greece, june 5th, 2011
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protestkeh.
more images from the greek revolution.
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slipstream
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or, πάντα ρέι· ουδέν μένει.
leaving syntagma square, athens, greece, on sunday, june 5th, 2011, the 12th day of protest. i went early and left early. it was so crowded -- a sea of people, as it's being described -- i felt overwhelmed.
i don't care if you're right -- i don't care if you're left.
i don't care if you cooked your taxes.
i don't care if you voted for the inept and the greedy
to get a job -- for your daughter, your lover, yourself.
i don't care about your small-time corruption.
i don't care what you did to survive.
it's nothing compared to what they've taken from you.
the guilt you feel about your transgressions
is part of the plan
to make you feel afraid,
to stop you from doing what's right.
i don't care if you have the perfect solution
or if you have one at all
as long as you have your priorities straight.
voting's not enough. not voting's not enough.
make yourself seen, make yourself heard.
more of my images from syntagma, perpetually updated.
the image is evidence of master thomas hawk's influence rippling through cyberspace.
©2011 helen sotiriadis
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