Taataa,.. first “street” blog entry of 2011

These photos were actually taken a few months back, but I never got around to developing the films, but now finally they’re here. These photos were taken on the 26th of october 2010, Austrias “Nationalfeiertag”. Ring any bells? I did a blog entry on the event last year, in case you missed it or want ot refresh your memory…

http://lukasbinder.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/26th-october-is-nationalfeiertag/

Tho this entry is all about the very “austrian” spectators.

26th October is “Nationalfeiertag”

…our national holiday in Austria, formerly known as the “Tag der Fahne” (day of the flag) before 1965. Anyway the Austrian Army makes a big thing of it and marches around “the Heldenplatz” in Vienna. It’s a bit tedious watching 18 year old kids running around with big guns and demonstrating how to kill other people quickly. But I read the other day that they’re seriously thinking of abolishing compulsory military service, which sounds like a sensible idea in the 21st century. I took these photos last year, shortly after I bought the Leica with which I had some focus problems at the beginning.