Citizens on Saturdays in Opera Square

Every Saturday, people continue to peaceably assemble in Opera Square in downtown Oshkosh.

The grievances quickly shifted from armed occupation of American cities and murder of our citizens, to proudly proclaimed, billions-of-dollars assassinations of the leaders of another country and the murder of their citizens.

Very nostalgic for me to see the Peace Symbol in use. Hope it doesn't go on as long as the times I most associate it with.

Unrestrained capitalism underlies a lot of this. A sign promoting a very optimistic legislative agenda.

I'm not the only photographer regularly in attendance. Two full-frame SLRs with a range of zooms from very wide to telescopic. Each of these cameras weighs almost two kilograms. And people wonder how I manage with my one-kilogram tripod, which only has a 90-gram camera on it  - and one super-wide angle of view.

They try to center around a theme each week. George Orwell's work presaged some of the characteristics of the current administration. Both Animal Farm and 1984 were read aloud in the square.

The signs along the street reflected the connection.

It was an almost spring-like day. I rode down on my bicycle, and this protester came on her roller blades. The signs around her illustrate the insanity of spelling in English, and probably most other human languages. If we're saying we need peace, why are we also speaking about freedom of speech?

Wouldn't you know these liberal elites would also celebrate a math holiday like Pi Day? No issue with the ice cream melting in March in Wisconsin. Two hours later, it snowed for two days.

There was supposed to be some musical activity. I arrived after it was done, but these two gave me a Walls-of-Jericho blast.

Last Saturday was a collaboration with the Free Stores movement, with free toys, featuring another Vietnam War slogan.

Antifascist Tula very patiently watched me while I adjusted the camera and made the exposure.

Most of the people in attendance are regulars. This guy, with the same wordy double sign, a Shakespeare reference painted on his shoulders, and a memento mori graphic sewn on his back, appears in three of these photographs.

I suppose I'm also one of the regulars, but it still surprises me how ordinary everyone regards me. They all recognize I'm taking a photograph because of the tripod, but it's rare that anyone mentions that it's just a cardboard box.

The EyePA 30 has two hand-drilled .23mm pinholes, on the axis and 11mm above it, 30mm from a 6x6cm frame. The film is Kodak Gold 200, developed in a brand-new Cinestill Powder C-41 kit.