Arirang Festival, a photo from Pyongyang-si, North

Photographer's Note

A photo I took at the Mass Games in Pyongyang. Amazing spectacle, hard to get your mind to grasp how many people are performing (100,000 in the largest stadium on earth), all the colors, the perfect choreography etc. Haven't seen any photos or footgae that does it justice yet.

If you're interested in checking out more photos of North Korea, I've got a photo essay of the DPRK at:

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giuseppe24 (251) 2007-08-15 9:20

WOW!!!

So many of us will never know what this country is like...

Not only have you shared an image from this mysterious country, but you have shared a piece of its culture. And magnificently at that.

Very well done...TFS

LamCam (3603) 2007-08-15 9:26

Hello Van
You seem to have bagged a good seat in the stadium! Even from this single shot it is obvious that this was a spectacular event and it has made a dramatic subject. Without the music and movement, colour and design have to catch our interest and they are strong enough to do that in your composition.
TFS Best Wishes Maggie

sajjadali (422) 2007-08-15 9:46

Very Intresting scene, North Korea is having many this type of wonders, and they festivals are always filled with lot of these type of activities, the picture is very well taken, the colors are very fine, the POV is very good...well done and thanks for sharing !
cheers
Qureshi

imtiyaz (1003) 2007-08-15 9:53

WOW,
Interesting capture,
you have not missed a bit.
When taking this type of shots you need to have good timing, which you have presented area,
And you need to have a good place to capture completely,
Which you did
Well Done !
TFS,

Regards,
Imtiyaz.m.s

PierreMorel (1172) 2007-08-15 10:53

Hi Van,
This is a really impressive shot!!! Composition is perfect and the graduated orange tones beautiful.
Regards,
Pierre

KostasKon (0) 2007-08-15 14:32

Very nice photo of this unknown country.
The colors are perfect and the POV is great.
Congratulations!!!
Kostas.

giorgimer (33391) 2007-10-04 5:04

Hi Van,

this is really impressive! These large number of people dressed in the same way is astonishing

TFS

Gio

ckpark (10) 2007-10-31 14:29 [Comment]

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alikhan01987 (0) 2009-02-14 11:03

Wow!!!Great Shot...

Juzo (3904) 2009-12-19 5:54

Hi,
This is brilliant, the WOW factor is very high with these amazing events in Pyongyang. Great moment to capture such linearity and colour.
Regards
Justin

dottraveler (0) 2010-07-31 12:11

This kinda makes me want to watch "The Manchurian Candidate" again...