{"id":7917,"date":"2014-08-23T10:01:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T14:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7917"},"modified":"2014-08-23T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T20:42:26","slug":"warsaw-today-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/warsaw-today-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw\u2014Today in History."},"content":{"rendered":"

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On August\u00a023, 1989, twenty five years ago today in Warsaw, Poland, Tadeusz Mazowiecki<\/a> became the first non-communist prime minister of a Warsaw pact nation. This symbolic event is credited as a landmark moment in the crumbling of the post World War II totalitarian grip on Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n

On several occasions, more than decade after the momentous events of 1989, I traveled to Poland to photograph railways.<\/p>\n

If Poland had remained under the old regime, I think it would have been far less likely that I would made these trips. The freedom to cross borders and wander around unhindered remains an important consideration in my travels.<\/p>\n

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Warsaw Central Station<\/a>. Exposed on Fujichrome slide film using a Nikon F3T with 24mm Nikkon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made this view of Warsaw Central Station on May 1, 2002, having arrived by overnight sleeper from Dresden, Germany.<\/p>\n

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