Auschwitz

@rushtheband #geddylee @AuschwitzMuseum @ZoneOfInterest

I decided to go to the movies yesterday. I like to be surprised at the movies so I tend to avoid any that I’ve seen a trailer for or have heard the plot in advance. Instead, I look at the IMDB ratings for the movies showing at my local theater and pick the one with the highest rating. Yesterday that turned out to be “The Zone of Interest”. Wow! What a powerful movie.

Along a similar note, I read Geddy Lee’s biography a couple of months ago.

“I clutch the wire fence
Until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal —
A heart that cannot feel —
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow —
We’ll all be freed”

Posted on March 20th, 2024 under Poland. Tags: Auschwitz Birkenau, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on The Zone of Interest

Jacek Hiro playing with Roman Kostrzewski (RIP) in 2021

Posted on February 12th, 2024 under Poland. Tags: concert photography, KAT Roman Kostrzewski, metal, Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S, Nikon Z 50 Z50, poznan. Comments Off on Metal Monday

Kraków Barbican (June 2021)

It’s not every day that you run into perfectly preserved buildings from the 15th Century. I don’t know if the barbican normally looks like this as it is now a tourist attraction, but during Covid, everything was closed so tourists weren’t crawling all over this gem.

Posted on February 10th, 2024 under Poland. Tags: buildings, krakow, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, photomerge. Comments Off on Kraków Barbican

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre behind Plac Św. Ducha (Krakow, Poland – June 2021)

Until 1891, a large hospital was located in the foreground next to the church on the right (Church of the Holy Cross, built in the 14th Century). The hospital turned into a jail for over a decade in the 19th Century before being demolished to make way for the theatre. I really wanted to go inside as photos of the interior look incredible, but thanks to Covid-19, it was closed.

Posted on January 27th, 2024 under Poland. Tags: buildings, krakow, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, photomerge. Comments Off on Juliusz Słowacki Theatre

Congress Hall (Warsaw, Poland – August 2021)

It’s been 10 years since anyone has played at this venue in Warsaw. The facility has been under renovation for much longer than originally planned. A bankruptcy and cost overruns will keep the concert hall closed for at least another year. The building in the background is this one.

Posted on January 6th, 2024 under Poland. Tags: buildings, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, warsaw. Comments Off on Sala Kongresowa