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Black January (10)
KevRyan

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Tech note: (Not quite sure why this uploaded with slightly reduced contrast - I have put another image boosting it a little more - maybe too much now!!)

Carnations have become the symbol of the events of the week of January 20th 1990 in Azerbaijan when Russian tanks took to the streets in an attempt to stifle the emerging strength of the independence movement. This moving and poignant monument to those days is lovingly cared for and fresh carnations are laid out regularly in memory of the civilian dead. At the end of the engraved memorial stones and overlooking the sea there is an eternal flame.

The first two victims (or martyrs) of January 1990 are a young couple who had just been married - he was killed on the streets and she took her own life when she learnt of his death - they are now re-united forever more in the minds and hearts of the people. It is very moving and just stopped me in my tracks emotionally for some time. You can see where some of my companions have got to. It was bitterly cold but somehow my body was hot and my mind determined and I felt impervious to the cold on leaving here.

Black January article by photojournalist Reza and Betty Blair

Reza the photographer at National Geographic

Altered Image #2

KevRyan

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PSP CS3
Edited by:MarcT

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Levels, sharpness,
Cloned the monument and removed the red flowers
Framed with framefun
Cheers (LOL)

Altered Image #1

KevRyan

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A little more contrast
Edited by:KevRyan

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For some reason the TE upload seems less contrasted than I intended - so I hope this gives a better rendition of what I intended.

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