Nikon D60, Sigma 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6

[EN] I’ve been repeating myself a bit lately with these portraits of Olek, but whatever. I don’t really have a chance to get out — it’s dark and rainy — so I just take a few shots at home.

Friday’s Halloween. For the past few years, there’s been some kind of parade. Usually I go with the kids — either me or my wife. This year I’ll probably go too. And if I do, maybe I’ll finally have something different to show than another portrait of Olek. Like, say, a portrait of Olek in a mask.

Lately I’ve been hit with a sort of crisis. I feel like everything’s ending. That things will never be like they were. That, really, there’s no meaningful future ahead. Maybe it’s just autumn.

[PL] Trochę ostatnio się powtarzam z tymi portretami Olka, ale co tam. Nie mam okazji połazić, bo ciemno i pada, więc robię te kilka klatek w domu.

W piątek Halloween. Od kilku lat jest organizowany jakiś marsz. Zazwyczaj łażę z dzieciakami, ja albo żona. W tym roku pewnie też pójdę. A jak już pójdę, to może będzie coś innego do pokazania niż portret Olka. Na przykład portret Olka w masce.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUOTE 12

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

“But I am really saying something very simple. The will of the people, or the state, is revealed by the state’s institutions. There was not, then, nor is there, now, a single American institution, which is not a racist institution. And racist institutions – the unions, for one example, the Church, for another, and the Army – or the military – for yet another, are meant to keep the nigger in his place. Yes: we have lived through tokens and concessions but white power remains white. And what it appears to surrender with one hand it obsessively clutches in the other.” – James Baldwin, Dark Days

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