I’m very sad to see that one of my favourite photo locations in Prague was destroyed yesterday. The John Lennon wall was a continually changing gratify wall for few decades, as a protest to government in Czech republic. And I don’t even like gratify, but there is a moment when gratify can become art and also a piece of history. And now, this wall was completely painted white by students. This is very sad, not only that they destroyed a historic landmark, but also but the lack of talent and creativity they shown. This is just lazy vandalism, nothing else.
To see how the wall looks now, check out this post in Czech news. Here you have one of my photos I took of the wall last year, as a memory of this landmark. .
Number of exposures: 5, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8
Focal length: 70mm, Aperture: 4, Middle exposure time: 1/60s, ISO: 400, Tripod used: no
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This is a very sad thing… at least I took some photos of it last year.
I just don’t understand the reason they give “Twenty-five years ago, one big totalitarian wall fell. … Students of art schools are expressing their commemoration of (1989) and opening room for new messages of the current generation,” – why they could not find another wall instead to express their “throughts”? I hope there is some way to remove the white paint that is over it.
It’s the stupid modern trend.. Show no talent, no creativity, destroy as much of history as you can, and then be smug and proud of what you did. How sad that with this, even the messages from people who really fought for democracy got lost, just to be replaced by this brainfart from stupid kids.