Another triple meme entry this week!
The splendor of parades for me is just as much, if not more, about the spectators as the participants. I'm always thinking about, say, the crowd scenes and character studies of Leonardo or Breughel... Here are some shots I took during Carnevale (Mardi Gras) in Tuscany, scenes that have not changed much over the last five hundred years...
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| People and arches, Anghiari |
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| Blaring, Sansepolcro |
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| Costumes, Sansepolcro |
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By request, here's a color version of the first photo. The yellow figures toward the back are 10-foot-tall bees in various archetypal outfits (butcher bee, floozy bee, farmer bee, etc.). (Why? Spring is coming, I guess!)
18 comments:
I like seeing the buildings that line the streets in parade photos.
That's a steep street! Parading downhill would be easy - uphill? The brass section may have difficulty holding their notes.
I really like the first photo. I would like to see it in colour.
Sharon, I added a color version for you. :)
Great serie of photos! Nice using B&W!
Ótima série, gosto de imagens de eventos tradicionais, perfeito em p&B. Gosto da perspectiva da primeira e da ideia de movimento na segunda. Um abraço!
Interesting to see the busy-ness of street dramas! Fascinating photos!
Spring -- in the time of bees. Delightful photos -- my favorite was the color version, bees and all.
Looks like quite a spectacle, thank you for joining in with The Human Condition
Mollyxxx
Great series! I really like the first photo!
Have a nice weekend:)
I love a parade!
A nice set that almost has sound. I've always enjoyed less sophisticated parades that show more local flavor.
The first man in the second photo looks like one of my Mullins relatives.
Steep, narrow streets like these have a characteristic feel about them, and I love exploring towns like this. Makes me impatient to travel again. Great photos thank you.
Wonderful series :0)
Italians do Parades So Well.Somehow they always seem both spontaneous + planned at the same time! Coraggioso! I can hear the Music they are playing!
I like the line of the buildings in your first photo. They've seen it all before, and no doubt will again.
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