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My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

SPAIN | Wednesday, 21 September 2011 | Views [777]

Greek Recession: A little bit of humor. This photo shows one of those street performers that dress and put make up on to resemble a Greek statue taking something out of garbage. Although for me it represented a funny situation I think it shows in a cartoon like way the Greek economic situation.

Okupa y Resiste in English means occupy and resist (the word Okupa is intentionally misspelled). This photo shows a landscape of the city of Barcelona from Park Guell (the famous residence complex designed by Gaudi), at the bottom in the right appears the sing of one of the most notorious anarchists groups in Spain.

I think this can be interpreted as a metaphor of the current mood in Spain and many parts of the world. While we have a beautiful sight hidden in it are some sings of unhappiness and protest. Occupy and resist means to hold to what is yours and fight for it. I think it shows the desire of the catalan people of fighting for their rights and their city. When a city like Barcelona has so many tourist many thing become fake and illusions a sing like this remember that even a big cosmopolitan city has deep social problems.

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This photo was taken the day after the police kicked out protesters from Cataluña Square in Barcelona. This place is one of the most important meeting points for both tourists and locals. Taken account the beginning of summer (and tourism season) the police expelled all the protesters that were camping on the square to protest their inconformity with the government and the quality of life in Spain. As always many sculptures and other historic pieces were vandalized, like the one that shows in the photo. Anarchy sings are common in many places in Barcelona. to

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