BRUTALITY OF THE MACHINE – Belgrade’s Soaring Heat VIII

            ꒌ   КАФАНА „КАЈМАКЧАЛАН“ – историја Врачара

► █░▓    THE REGULARS OF “KAJMAKČALAN” historic pub stare paralyzed in awe. They are caught by surprise. Their relaxed early afternoon moment is completely annihilated by an unknown structure that has invaded their space almost up to the tables themselves. A Serbian pub (“kafana”), you should know, is a living institution. Their garden tables normally occupy public spaces they shouldn’t be allowed to, like sidewalks and streets very next to the traffic itself. Sometimes interfering and downright disturbing the traffic. It’s been like that for ages. Nobody ever objects. At times there is a price to pay, though. The overwhelming unrest in this case is inflicted by the huge road asphalting machine they have never seen before. On the other hand, they are still aspiring macho guys who won’t reveal their progressing age and crumbled temper by showing visible amazement or making loud complaints. After all, before their eyes there is a show going on: the show off of a mighty piece of technique that is so manly and powerful that they do want to give impression they are at ease and even in friendship terms with it. 

This is an intimate area of a decent, quiet bohemian downtown area. The charm of this historic spot being foremost in the very old sharp-corner-positioned pub overlooking four small streets and dominating an exquisite small square that their confluence form. Now all of a sudden the available space is claimed by a thing that takes several men to tame. Those are real busy operating it though the beast seems to comfortably live its own life anyways. I was not there in this pub for the first time, but this was admittedly my strangest visit ever. 

–I catch myself more and more often grabbing the cameraphone from the pocket although I always carry the very decent G90 in my bag. I do it simply because the phone is faster and noticeably less intrusive in the eyes and minds of people I photograph. The black camera body raises another kind of attention (and suspicion) momentarily. No way you can keep people calm by looking through a viewfinder and shooting through a real lens. But the phone... They can’t blame you for what they are doing themselves daily.

The cameraphone capture edited in Snapseed app.

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Taken in: Serbia / Central Serbia / Belgrade (show map)

Taken on: July 10, 2023

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