Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan As usual a great set of photos. Your pictures of Spain are always a pleasure to view. Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 04/13/2004 02:20 PM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 15: Semana Santa in Seville | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Last week I spent Monday-Wednesday in Seville and had the opportunity to see one of the city's main events: the Easter processions which take place every day of the week. Basically, the idea is to take the sculptures of Jesus or Mary out of a local church and carry them around the city for several hours, accompanied by hundreds of pilgrims and music. Every Spanish city has its Semana Santa, but the one in Seville is the biggest and most famous, with people from all over Spain coming to town to see it. What was most impressive to me was the seriousness with which people behaved--this is no ordinary Easter parade, but a very spiritual event, impressive even to a non-Christian like myself. I took several rolls of film, mostly colour and will be putting up a gallery soon, but for my PAW I have chosen 6 B&W images. First, the main point of the procession passing by Seville's cathedral: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15.jpg A close-up of the pilgrims. When I first saw them, I was struck by the similarity to the KKK outfits, although they are not always white. But I am sure that the origins of these go back a lot further. My local colleagues could not explain the exact significance, but there is a strict requirement to cover one's face: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15alt1.jpg The pilgrims hand out some candy to children, along with small pictures of Virgin Mary; some children collect the candle wax as a souvenir: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15alt2.jpg As I often do at these occasions, I turned my camera on the people in the crowd. A little girl watches awestruck: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15alt3.jpg A young couple has other things in their minds: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15alt4.jpg Finally, a churros stand. Churros and other sweets are a traditional Semana Santa treat: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_15alt5.jpg All pictures with Leica CL, 40mm Rokkor (I think, although I was also using the 25mm Snapshot Skopar), on Tri-X. The complete PAW index is at: http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2004.html and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information