DPP #9151 at Krymska on Night Duty (Service #59), Prague, CZ, 2011

2011

In 2011, I still failed to beat my previous records for number of photos posted, but a record number of course would not automatically mean record quality. I've actually completed posting these over a year late, largely due to a backlog of scans to do. It's been a busy year, and little of what I've been doing has involved photography. Still, I remain in the hobby, and I will proceed with postin…  (read more)
Vaclav Havel Memorial Display, Picture 7, Edited Version, Vaclavske Namesti, Prague, CZ, 2011

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This is a wider shot, taken from the front of the statue instead of the left side as before.
Vaclav Havel Memorial Display, Picture 9, Edited Version, Vaclavske Namesti, Prague, CZ, 2011

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This display of candles was isolated from the rest, depicting a heart and his birth and death years, which were 1936-2011. My sense is that before the candles got moved around, it was easier to read.
Vaclav Havel Memorial Display, Picture 10, Edited Version, Vaclavske Namesti, Prague, CZ, 2011

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This was further down the square, at the Jan Palac/Jan Zajic memorial, one of two on the square (the other is a cross embedded in the sidewalk in front of the Narodni Muzeum).
Vaclav Havel Memorial Display, Picture 13, Edited Version, Vaclavske Namesti, Prague, CZ, 2011

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A giant photo of Havel was prepared on short notice to hang from the Narodni Muzeum as part of the remembrance. There wasn't any dedicated memorial to Havel yet, since he had only just died, so everything had to be makeshift, as in this photo, and the adaptation of the Vaclav I and Palach/Zajic memorials for the purpose. Almost immediately, however, proceedings were begun to rename Prague's Ruzyne Airport to Letiste Vaclava Havla.
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