40 Hours in the Dark / #monomad challenge / [ING/ESP]

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The photos 馃摳 are my entry to the #monomad contest from monochromes@monochromes and brumest@brumest.


Greetings, Hivers.

Just a few days ago, I witnessed one of the strongest protests I have ever seen. After around 40 hours without electricity or water, people, understandably angry and frustrated, started a cacerolazo, a protest involving the banging of pots and pans, which ended in a brief confrontation with the authorities.

With the street blocked and tensions running very high, I did not feel safe taking out my camera, so the records I was able to make were captured with my phone.

In the middle of a completely dark night, the only light came from the glow of the flames or from the headlights of vehicles arriving at the scene, only to turn around and leave the way they had come.

I also have to be fair and say that, in this case, the police were not particularly aggressive. They mainly focused on clearing debris from the streets and moving people away from the area. It was not especially successful, though, because every time they left, the protests started again.

The quality of these images is quite poor, and I apologize for that. But beyond their technical quality, I believe these photographs serve as a record of what happened that night.

I hope you can understand the circumstances in which they were taken.

Saludos hivers.

Hace solo unos d铆as ocurri贸 una de las protestas m谩s fuertes que he podido presenciar. Despu茅s de unas 40 horas sin corriente ni agua, las personas, con toda raz贸n molestas, comenzaron un cacerolazo que termin贸 en un breve enfrentamiento con las fuerzas del orden.

Con la calle cerrada y los 谩nimos muy caldeados, no me sent铆 seguro sacando la c谩mara, as铆 que los registros que pude hacer fueron con el m贸vil.

En medio de una noche completamente oscura, la 煤nica luz proven铆a del reflejo de las llamas o de los faroles de los veh铆culos que llegaban al lugar y ten铆an que regresar por donde hab铆an venido.

Tambi茅n tengo que ser justo y decir que, en este caso, la polic铆a no fue especialmente agresiva. Se limitaban a limpiar los escombros de las calles y a retirar a las personas del lugar. Aunque la medida no tuvo demasiado 茅xito, porque cada vez que se retiraban, las protestas volv铆an a comenzar.

La calidad de las im谩genes es bastante mala y me disculpo por ello. Pero m谩s all谩 de la calidad, creo que estas fotograf铆as sirven como testimonio de lo que ocurri贸 aquella noche.

Espero que puedan comprender las circunstancias en las que fueron tomadas.


"All photos were taken by me rg2@rg2_foto rg2-foto@rg2-foto"


Technical data: Nikon camera: Nikon D700 Nikon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G Translated by Deepl free version.7

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