Ceremony

This is the last – as for now – photo from Orwochrom series. There's no doubt that I'll come back to this project one day, but in the meantime I would like to share with you some photos I took in recent weeks.

 

This photo was taken in the school yard of former Primary School no 112 in Wrocław. While looking for some clues about what this photo presents I asked my mother as she lived nearby for many years. She suggested that most probably this was a ceremony of giving this school a name after Aniela Krzywoń – soldier of Polish People's Army, first polish woman awarded with title 'Hero of the Soviet Union'. She died a heroic death in 1943 in the battle of Lenino (in the Soviet Union, today's Belarus). She was 18 years old. I found out that this ceremony took place in 09.05.1969 which means that this is the oldest photo from Orwochrom series so far. Another interesting fact is that this school is one of many (1417 to be precise) that were built in between 1966-1972 in the 1000th anniversary of Poland (966-1966).

 

More about Orwochrom series: www.flickr.com/photos/143184955@N07/39973317121/in/datepo...

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