noptek's PhotoBlog

Will pretending not to be lazy

2009-10-25T19:04:23Z

October 24, 2009

Brushstroke by Roy Lichtenstein

2009-11-07T23:22:07Z

October 31, 2009 In the new courtyard created at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid by Jean Nouvel’s addition to the original 18th century building by Sabatini.

Men in Madrid

2009-11-06T13:54:01Z

October 29, 30 & 31, 2009

Manolo Valdés : Las Meninas

2009-11-05T19:05:39Z

October 30, 2009 in Madrid

Two men and a statue

2009-11-05T00:27:07Z

October 28, 2009

The end of a squat (5)

2009-10-27T13:52:33Z

October 26 & 27, 2009 The windows and doors of the squat are walled up. The end of a squat (1) The end of a squat (2) The end of a squat (3) The end of a squat (4)

The end of a squat (4)

2009-10-27T12:29:05Z

October 25, 2009. The end of a squat (1) The end of a squat (2) The end of a squat (3) The end of a squat (5) Antiziganism or Anti-Romanyism is hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Romani people, also known as Gypsies. According to the latest Human Rights First Hate Crime Survey, Romanies routinely suffer assaults in city streets and other public places as they travel to and from homes, workplaces, and markets. In a number of serious cases of violence against Romani people, attackers have also sought out whole families in their homes, or whole communities in settlements predominantly housing Romanis. These widespread patterns of violence are sometimes directed both at causing immediate harm to Romanis, without distinction between adults, the elderly, and small children and physically eradicating the presence of Romani people in towns and cities in several European countries. The Tintin book The Castafiore Emerald heavily criticizes antizigansism, as the Romanis who move onto the captain's property are falsely accused of stealing Bianca Castafiore's priceless emerald, though they are innocent.

The end of a squat (3)

2009-10-27T10:34:50Z

October 25, 2009 The end of a squat (1) The end of a squat (2) The end of a squat (4) The end of a squat (5)

The end of a squat (2)

2009-10-27T08:04:34Z

October 25, 2009 The end of a squat (1) The end of a squat (3) The end of a squat (4) The end of a squat (5) The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg has been an outspoken critic of Antiziganism, both in reports and periodic Viewpoints. In August 2008, Hammarberg noting that "today's rhetoric against the Roma is very similar to the one used by Nazis and fascists before the mass killings started in the thirties and forties. Once more, it is argued that the Roma are a threat to safety and public health. No distinction is made between a few criminals and the overwhelming majority of the Roma population. This is shameful and dangerous." According to the latest Human Rights First Hate Crime Survey, Romanies routinely suffer assaults in city streets and other public places as they travel to and from homes, workplaces, and markets. In a number of serious cases of violence against Romani people, attackers have also sought out whole families in their homes, or whole communities in settlements predominantly housing Romanis. These widespread patterns of violence are sometimes directed both at causing immediate harm to Romanis, without distinction between adults, the elderly, and small children and physically eradicating the presence of Romani people in towns and cities in several European countries. While shooting these pictures, I met by chance a young couple with two kids. When they saw me they were scared. "Hello" I said "We didn't do this, we didn't do this" said the young man. His wife looked at me while she hold her little baby girl in her arms. Fear was in their eyes. "I know you didn't do this" I answered trying to make them feel more comfortable. "Do you know who did this?" the guy asked me as he seemed to try to understand why people destroyed all in the house. "I don't know" I said sadly. "Are you a policeman" asked the little boy clutching at the hand of his father. "I'm not a policeman" I answered with a smile. They quickly walked away. How can people be scared to this point?

The end of a squat (1)

2009-10-26T22:22:08Z

October 25, 2009 The end of a squat (2) The end of a squat (3) The end of a squat (4) The end of a squat (5) The Romani (also Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Roms; exonym: Gypsies; Romani: Rromane) are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India. The Romani are widely dispersed with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe and Anatolia, followed by the Iberian Kale in Southwestern Europe and Southern France, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other parts of the world. Amnesty International reports continued instances of Antizigan discrimination during the 2000s. Romani are often confined to low-class ghettos, are subject to discrimination in jobs and schools, and are often subject to police brutality. Several Romani people, from small babies to elderly grown-ups, were squatting a derelict house. The authorities decided to expell them from this house. Fearing a police interference, they ran away. The day after they fled away, some unknown people went to the house. They removed the windows and broke the window-panes.