Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread

There is nothing worse than sick children.

I agree. Every time one of my kids gets sick, I would rather be three times more ill myself than look at them suffering.

No lovelier city: 2010



Royal Chapel (view from the northern side), the sole surviving example of a Baroque temple in the Main Town area of Gdańsk.

Vedi Danzica e poi muori: 2023



... but before you die, make sure to visit the Christmas Fair. :)

Accipite, et comedite, hoc est corpus meum: 2022



Girls spreading flower petals ahead of a Corpus Christi procession in Olsztyn.

In case you enjoyed the Balkan Spy here is another cult classic of Yugoslav cinema by the same film director. The timing of the film is April 1941, just before the German bombing of Yugoslavia in WWII begins.

youtu.be/ZwozSLas8DM

Ko to tamo peva (Who's Singin' Over There) (1980)

OUT OF PLACE, OUT OF TIME.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavle_Vuisi%C4%87

Orson Welles stated that according to him Pavle Vuisić (one of the lead characters in the film) is the best actor in the world.

m.imdb.com/title/tt0076276/

Thanks, Crno. I actually watched Kto to tam peva many years ago, on a recommendation from a certain Natasa from Belgrade. :)

Pała gumowa, orzeł żelazny - zabiłeś dziecko, jesteś odważny: 1998



Hooligans in Słupsk go on a rampage in a 5-day riot when a policeman kills a 13-year-old supporter right after Czarni Słupsk - AZS Koszalin basketball game.

As usual, in the end the police wins...



... but the riots remain legendary in the history of Polish sport, with 72 policeman wounded and 239 fans arrested.

Excellent idea. I haven`t posted yet coz you are doing a great job yourself.

But one commentary of yours brought back some memories in me:


The famous photo of prof. Zbigniew Religa was taken by James L. Stanfield, a National Geographic photographer in 1987, in a clinic in Zabrze. He captured an extraordinary moment just after a dozen or so hours of heart transplant surgery.

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If you look closely, there is a guy sleeping in the corner of the room. Why?
Yes, it is a riddle. :):):)

Hint: don`t reply he is sleeping coz he is tired. That is too simple.

Thanks, Paw. Great photo! If more people post photos here, we might be able to create a very interesting visual resource for PF visitors and members. A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes.

This patient is probably dead.

Alien!!! You are also in the blue mood like dozen other posters today??? I thought you were fekking tougher than that! Come on, I have to borrow the fourth shoulder for myself from Torq to offer you for crying on.


A great idea! But I wouldn`t count on it. Hey, don`t consider me a blues infected poster now. I only mean that most posters aren`t skilled in posting photos.

I have a better idea. When you post sth, I will comment on it with my own associations. Just like with Religa photo.

Excellent. *thumbs up*

Expect two new photos tomorrow in the morning.

That is one of Zbigniew Religa's colleagues who assisted in the 23 hour long operation. He probably fell asleep from exhaustion.


I was but can't post photos now. This is a thread I would definitely have contributed to. Very interesting :)

No, this is a nurse.

Might as well post them now and get a bit more sleep tomorrow.

A friend in need... : 2022



Train loaded with AHS Krab 155mm howitzers rolls through eastern Poland towards Ukraine on a scorching hot day in July.

Checkmate: 2021



Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeats Magnus Carlsen on his way to become the first Polish player to win the FIDE World Cup (in the final he beat Sergey Karjakin).

What I have always admired and regretted on the Corpus Christi Day is the floral carpets for the procession.

Admired them for their initial beauty and regretted they get destroyed so brutally after being walked on.

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Gniezno Cathedral. The Cathedral of Polish Kings.

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A Polish wedding in Poznan taken by amateur photographer Zenon Kłobus.

The bride is wearing a crown of real roses. Is this common in Poland? Don't see it much here in America.

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Photo reminds me a bit of Kieślowski's short film Szpital

Wanted to get more sleep today, the conscience won't let me, so here's more photos...

In the Gryphon's nest: 2023



Słupsk's neo-Gothic city hall stands proudly in the very centre of this old (city charter 1310) Hanseatic city.

Pomerania in general is truly awesome: medieval castles, lakes and hills of Kaszuby, hundreds of kilometers of sandy Baltic beaches, historic towns and ports, large and liberal modern cities right next to traditional Catholic-conservative Kashubian interior - Poland's pride and future.



EDIT: Nice photos, Anti. *thumbs up*

Hail Mary, Full of Grace: 2012



Traditional Marian shrine in a Kashubian village of Mechowo welcomes weary wanderers and invites them for a moment of rest and prayer.

It is a lovely city! When I visited, I didn't expect it to be as lovely as it is.

Aula Leopoldina at the University of Wrocław.

A stunningly beautiful lecture hall for a beautiful city.

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The House of Stars.

Nicholas Copernicus' house in the charming medieval town of Toruń.

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Aaaah, the good old royal Breslau/Wrocław.

Wait till BB sees it - he's PF's honorary wrocławianin/breslauer. That's why BB and I are such pals - breslauers and danzigers always get on legendarily well. :)