Marta Wojtkowska's photos with the keyword: kids

Sitting and singing on a bench... (see the PiP) HBM! ----- Olympus C-8080WZ Taken long ago during a competition of high-school theatrical groups. The girl seemed disinterested at first but she eventually joined the boy and they were singing together. But do not ask me what was the song... long forgotten ;)

Two years later the video is still available on FB so I am reposting it today because it is such an awesome story. www.facebook.com/dariusz.op/videos/10158913307474239 Today in Poland we are celebrating the 100th 102nd anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw – a culminating point of the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920) and one of the most decisive events in the history of Poland, Europe, and the world. (Józef) Sam Sandi (the dark-skinned soldier seen at the photo taken in 1920 and displayed at the bottom left corner of the screenshot) was a Cameroonian who happened to come to Poland around World War I. First he joined the Greater Poland uprising (1918–19) then he volunteered and enlisted in the Polish Army fighting against Soviet invaders. He eventually stayed in Poland, married a local girl and had two daughters. He was a very popular professional wrestler in the 1930s. He died suddenly in 1937, presumably because of a stroke. Now as a tribute to Sam Sandi (and other heroic participants of those events) this beautiful kids from an orphanage in Cameroon are singing (in almost perfect Polish!) our songs, same songs we sing here, favorite songs of my Grandma... Father Dariusz who filmed them and posted the video on Facebook asked everybody to share. So I am sharing it. Go and listen! Aren't they adorable?

Most beautiful scouts of Sulejówek :) - after-duty group shot - obviously their official photographer was to my right and used a smartphone ;) I was lucky to catch them ducking for better frontal view ;) So it was (definitely) The Decisive Moment :) ----- Olympus XA + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). It appears to be a good choice for street portraits :) ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

"Wakacje z duchami" is the title of one of my favorite books from when I was a kid. I cannot find the right title in English. Google translator says "Holiday With Ghosts", but I prefer "Summer With Ghosts" or perhaps "Summer Vacation With Ghosts" - I don't know... ----- Olympus C8080WZ