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The Art of Photography => Street Showcase => Topic started by: Ivo_B on July 28, 2019, 07:18:00 am

Title: Unreal street
Post by: Ivo_B on July 28, 2019, 07:18:00 am: Sopot, Poland.

Sopot is a rather posh Baltic coast location, certainly not for everyone, average peoples would go to Władysławowo, with more typical PRL style accommodation.

This photo is about an old man who need some extra money to make his retirement livable. He walks the street in an old ragged Santa costume and a plastic violin as prop in the hope to collect some money in return for a selfie.
Older peoples pose with him and give him a few bucks, younger peoples however lost this sense of life and have another perception of the on going.

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Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: petermfiore on July 28, 2019, 07:47:13 am: A highly sinister scene...I love it!

Peter
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: RSL on July 28, 2019, 08:12:52 am: +1. That's fine work, Ivo.
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Post by: stamper on July 28, 2019, 08:24:58 am: Yes, this is Street.
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Post by: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 08:52:23 am: Ivo, I couldn't give a rat's arse or not if this is Street, but I like it.
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 28, 2019, 09:40:01 am: Quote from: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 08:52:23 am
Ivo, I couldn't give a rat's arse or not if this is Street, but I like it.
Ditto.

(But to me it is, indeed, "real Street.") ;)

(P.S. So what!)
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: RSL on July 28, 2019, 09:41:09 am: Quote from: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 08:52:23 am
Ivo, I couldn't give a rat's arse or not if this is Street, but I like it.

If it's posted in Street Showcase, it's best to give a rat's arse, Keith.
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 09:45:11 am: Quote from: RSL on July 28, 2019, 09:41:09 am
If it's posted in Street Showcase, it's best to give a rat's arse, Keith.

Why?
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 28, 2019, 11:10:21 am: Good stuff. Love the composition "on the edge," with a vast emptiness in-between (the characters and generations). Symbolic.
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Post by: Rob C on July 28, 2019, 12:46:16 pm: Wot I said before: Ivo has his eye.

Rob
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: Rob C on July 28, 2019, 12:48:03 pm: Quote from: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 09:45:11 am
Why?

Spare a passing thought to Marilyn's last movie. Therein your answer.

:-)
Title: Re: Unreal street
Post by: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 01:12:33 pm: Quote from: Rob C on July 28, 2019, 12:48:03 pm
Spare a passing thought to Marilyn's last movie. Therein your answer.

:-)

But I love misfits and loathe conformists.

;-)
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Post by: mbaginy on July 28, 2019, 02:13:12 pm: Good shot, Ivo!

Sopot is a delightful city. My girlfriend lives in neighboring Gdynia and we walk the beach to Sopot whenever I visit. Did you visit the Spativ when you were in Sopot? Hard to describe, need to have experienced the pub. Almost just as it was in the 70s - 80s. Gdańsk, the third wonderful city of the "Tri-Cities" along the Baltic.
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Post by: Ivo_B on July 28, 2019, 02:25:25 pm: Quote from: Mike D. B. on July 28, 2019, 02:13:12 pm
Good shot, Ivo!

Sopot is a delightful city. My girlfriend lives in neighboring Gdynia and we walk the beach to Sopot whenever I visit. Did you visit the Spativ when you were in Sopot? Hard to describe, need to have experienced the pub. Almost just as it was in the 70s - 80s. Gdańsk, the third wonderful city of the "Tri-Cities" along the Baltic.

We spent time on Hell and did a tour on a rented bike to Gdańsk. We walked over the beach to Gdynia.
From the Baltic coast we went to the home of my wife near Warszawa and then we stayed 2 weeks in the Tatra. I love the country.
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Post by: Ivo_B on July 28, 2019, 03:01:02 pm: Thanks all for the kind comments, much appreciated. :)
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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 29, 2019, 12:52:01 am: Excellent.
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Post by: Rob C on July 29, 2019, 10:24:41 am: Quote from: KLaban on July 28, 2019, 01:12:33 pm
But I love misfits and loathe conformists.

;-)

Exactly!

And you gotta know where the different tribes live.

:-)