Noel Quidu




• perspective of receding buildings
• perspective of shot taken through windows
• sense of distance
• window frames the image
• protest - masses create chaos in the photo but they are calm

• Year2000
• PhotographerNoël Quidu
• NationalityFrance
• Organization / PublicationGamma for Newsweek
• CategoryGeneral News stories
• PrizeHonorable mention
• Date10-10-2000
• CountryYugoslavia
• PlaceBelgrade
• CaptionStudents demonstrate. In October, a revolution in Serbia toppled President Slobodan Milosevic. The opposition had claimed victory in the September elections, but a Federal Election Commission called for a second ballot, claiming neither side had an outright majority. A general strike and mass protests followed. On October 4, Yugoslavia's constitutional court annulled the election; by dawn on October 5 people were converging on Belgrade. By 16h00 protestors had captured the parliament building, and at 18h30 opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica addressed a rally of some half a million people and declared himself president.

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deep contrast of black figure against white smoke

pattern on ground

 Year2000

Photographer                               Noël Quidu

Nationality                                   France

Organization / Publication          Gamma for Newsweek

Category                                      General News stories

Prize                                              Honorable mention

Date                                               05-10-2000

Country                                         Yugoslavia

Place                                              Belgrade

Caption:   Opposition members leave the parliament building with a chair they said symbolized the throne of Milosevic.

 

In October, a revolution in Serbia toppled President Slobodan Milosevic. The opposition had claimed victory in the September elections, but a Federal Election Commission called for a second ballot, claiming neither side had an outright majority. A general strike and mass protests followed. On October 4, Yugoslavia's constitutional court annulled the election; by dawn on October 5 people were converging on Belgrade. By 16h00 protestors had captured the parliament building, and at 18h30 opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica addressed a rally of some half a million people and declared himself president.