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•  Info created by Ggia - uploaded by Ggia - edited by Slaunger and Ggia - nominated by Slaunger -- Slaunger (talk) 21:36, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Comment Usually, I find B&W photography using film cameras a nonoptimal technique for modern photography. However, this photo from October 2010 using the Kodak Tri-X high speed B&W film (first introduced 1940 and once one of the most popular films for photojournalism) has made a big impression on me ever since I saw it the first time about a year ago on Ggias blog. Ggia has now been so kind to rescan and upload it in very high resolution, and besides Ggias work in a real darkroom and a film scanner, we have toyed a little around with it in the digital darkroom to remove dust spots and such... I think the use of B&W ISO 400 film gives this photo of imprisoned refugees in the Fylakio detention center in Greece a raw look which help highlight the expressions of the refugees. Also I find the high resolution an excellent display of the purpose of film grain. It is the grain which makes the photo - or the signal which is in the noise. I also find the recent documentary topic refreshing, and I think we need more peoples photography on Commons. Hope you like it!
•  Abstain As editor and nominator. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:36, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Support InverseHypercube 03:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Regards, PETER WEIS TALK 11:21, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 14:40, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Info some information about the detention centers like this one (Fylakio) you can find here EU: Border Agency Exposes Migrants to Abusive Conditions or to this report The EU’s Dirty Hands Frontex Involvement in Ill-Treatment of Migrant Detainees in Greece (go to page 29 for Fylakio detention center) (pdf). Last year was also filmed a small documentary by Norwegian TV about that immigration issue in Greece: "The battle of Attica Square" (in english). At 7:53 you can see scenes from that detention center where the photo comes from. IMO it aesthetically more nice b&w film for documentary photos like these one (I had also with my my Nikon D700 full-frame body but I used my Nikon FM2 film camera for that photo). By the way.. this image [1] is a panoramic image of this detention center shot by my D700 digital camera. You can see the immigrants caged inside this detention center. Ggia (talk) 16:07, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Well taken image, and the B/W helps focus on the facial expressions which is really the subject. But "Arrested refugees immigrants [...] in detention" sounds a bit confusing. So "Refugees at Fylakio detention center" would be a better filename/description, I think. Also should probably be tagged with Template:Personality rights. --ELEKHH^T 23:39, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
  • {{Personality rights}} has been added now by Ggia on this file page and its other versions. --Slaunger (talk) 20:40, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Morning Sunshine (talk) 08:29, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 01:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Oppose yes, a simply perhaps valued snapshot, not more for me. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 02:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:07, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Oppose Not politically correct oppose, but per Alchemist-hp. Nice collaborative work nevertheless.--Jebulon (talk) 18:02, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
  • With your French translation of the description, you are part of the collaboration, which is appeciated! Thanks. I do not see an oppose as having anything to do with political correctness or a lack thereof. I trust it reflects the conclusion you have reached after reviewing the photo against the FPC guidelines.--Slaunger (talk) 19:49, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Nice historical picture!Trongphu (talk) 19:08, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Info it is not an historical picture.. it is dated October 2010, but shot by b&w film (Kodak TriX 400ASA). Ggia (talk) 19:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Well it looks like one when i just saw it. So guess not. But i can see a potential of historical picture in the near future.Trongphu (talk) 23:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

•  Info this photo is used by Amnesty International (Greek section) champaign GREECE: “ASYLUM” IS A GREEK WORD – UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS!. Thanks all for supporting this photo as FPC.. But if you like to support these kind of people as these in that photo (one of them is a child), you can support them by signing the amnesty's petition. Ggia (talk) 21:50, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

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Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 20:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

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