Monday, January 16, 2012

a busy weekend

the very short story goes like this: many romanians took the streets in bucharest and in several major cities during this past weekend to show their support for an ousted official of the ministry of public health. for the most part the protests were peaceful, but on saturday and sunday after nightfall some of the protesters became more and more aggressive. the riot police had to intervene and from that point on things degenerated. street battles happened around downtown bucharest for several hours each night. people from all sides - angry youngsters, policemen, journalists, peaceful protesters and bystanders - got caught in a whirlpool of confusion and violence and some got hurt.
i was out taking pictures for the romanian news agency mediafax during both nights. below is an edit of the photos that i took.




























9 comments:

Ana said...

Mda... are o inclinatie aceasta postare. Destul de concludente fotografiile.

Stamatin said...

Cătă, bravo, mi-au plăcut mult!

Marko Risovic said...

Nice work, my friend! Looks like u had some party over there :)

Anonymous said...

din nou, violenta vinde
mesajul in schimb... care mesaj?

ionut

cata said...

Bogdan, multumesc.
Marko, thanks.
Ana, comentariul tau este binevenit, dar din pacate este ambiguu. Ce inclinatie are postarea? In ce fel sunt concludente imaginile?

amy kay said...

geeze, Catalin. Your pix are so... awful. no. the pictures are awesome, but the story is scary. take care of yourselves...

Csiki Atti said...

Cata, ai surprins niste povesti foarte graitoare. Esti mare, felicitari. Csiki Attila

cata said...

Atti, multam' de vizita si multam' de comentariu!

Ana said...

Mi s-a parut ca ai aratat de unde a pornit cu adevarat violenta in acele momente. Inclinatia este spre adevar.