Memorial to Communism in Prague - Olbram Zoubek
The Memorial to the victims of Communism (Czech: Pomník obětem komunismu) is a series of statues in Prague commemorating the victims of the communist era between 1948 and 1989. It is located at the base of Petřín hill, Újezd street in the Malá Strana or the Lesser Town area.
It was unveiled on the 22 May 2002, twelve years after the fall of communism, and is the work of Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek and architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel. It was supported by the local council and Confederation of Political Prisoners (KPV).
It shows seven bronze figures descending a flight of stairs. The statues appear more "decayed" the further away they are from you - losing limbs and their bodies breaking open. It symbolises how political prisoners were affected by Communism.
There is also a bronze strip that runs along the centre of the memorial, showing estimated numbers of those impacted by communism:
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| Camera | NEX-7 |
| Lens | Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS |
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| Exposure time | 1/100 |
| Focus length | 33.0 mm |
| ISO | 100 |
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Dinu Filipescu 04/11/2014 13:29
well seen and meaningful.dinu
LadyNoone 01/11/2014 21:55
Very poignant work, especially for those who remember...Ken Piros 31/10/2014 10:01
A well presented image !Carlo.Pollaci 30/10/2014 20:10
Great incisive expressive black and white.Best wishes,
Carlo
Olivier Georgeon 30/10/2014 13:06
Beau cadrage pour une photo très forte en évocation et en sentiments.Sue Thompson 30/10/2014 10:59
Well taken but just too gruesome for words......s. sabine krause 30/10/2014 10:38
what an impressive and heart-rending work of art this is!! it triggers all kinds of images, impet and emotions, one of them being the urge to open my arms and comfort them to ease the walking deads' pain and make them feel whole again… an impetus, i'm sure, that's due to both the expressiveness of the work and your way of depicting it! greetings, sabine. p.s.: i like the quote leonid came up with! its hilarious absurdity is so, so true… i also like that you included the little "don't step on!" sign in your image – touch of absurdity lurking in there, somewhere, too… ; )alexander stefanatos 30/10/2014 9:51
Six millions of poor and innocent Soviet victims during the last war have been very expensively redeemed with a brutal Warsaw Military Pact that "chained"East Europe for nearly half a century confirming the rule that as long as basic individual ingredients, such as greediness for leadership supremacy and expansion, remain unchanged there will be a lot more victims to be left behind to suffer unjustly...And that, of course, applies to both parts.A really morbid monument that gives the creeps and very well presented in your photo, Lawson
Mirjam Burer 30/10/2014 9:48
goes straight through the heart....very sad document and good image of the statue Lawson in great tones..
lg, Mirjam
Angelika El. 29/10/2014 23:01
Another great b-w work! Impressing this memorial!!!
bw a.
photodh 29/10/2014 21:24
++++A+
Daniel
Chaito Bahamonde 29/10/2014 21:24
hard monument and past pastintense picture
saludos, chaito
Mark Billiau. 29/10/2014 21:21
Very strong !! (both the memorial and your shot)Mark
Dennis Maloney 29/10/2014 20:30
...well cropped, nice tonal range in this b&w image of the Memorial to Communism....Greetings,
...den