RE: My reportage of the May Day demonstration in St. Petersburg.
Great job @kurokikuro for your photo report and translations done on the manifestation. It is a quite powerful reportage, showing how Russians are really struggled by the government. It is so strange for me that people must fight for their vegan rights, for acceptance for their lifestyle, dietetic or marriage decisions. For most of the time, European people are entertained by the snapshots of happy or stupid Russians, mostly drunk and kept away from the modern lifestyle. But the truth is different and we all are the same humans, with the same needs, same awares, same fears, same problems. I was very impressed by those LGBT banners. You guys must be very brave to stand out and be proud, especially with a knowledge of the high risk of strong oppression from the law enforcement. I hope that this wasn't the first protest march nor the last one, and by those happenings you will be able to reach more people and gain more popularity. Only in this, peaceful way, it is possible to change the system. Wish you all the best.
and from the artistic side - great idea of reducing the quantity of colors, keeping only the ones which means something. Somehow it adds more layers and meanings for the photos.
Thank you, @cubapl. In fact, I was not able to photograph how the police in helmets took away civilians during the demonstration. After all, I read on the Internet how unscrupulously and wildly they snatched people from the crowd, pushing onto the asphalt and hurting them. Oppositionists were not even allowed to march. And this is just a festive demonstration!