14歲的蘭尼·托奇拉(Lani Tochilla)喜歡在被遺棄的蒂蘭那金字塔(Pyramid of Tirana)旁騎單車嬉戲,這無疑是阿爾巴尼亞首都的象徵性地標。
最初建於1988年,前身是霍查博物館,是對阿爾巴尼亞臭名昭著的共產黨領袖的死後紀念。霍查在1944-1985年間以嚴厲的斯大林主義風格統治。金字塔現在是描繪該國動盪過去的遺物。
圍封的結構處於殘破狀態,但許多人進入該區將其視為一個文化遊樂場,噴塗鴉,爬上頂部,騎單車或滑板等。
2011年計劃拆除,但此舉遭到強烈抗議,以保護文化遺產。這個極富爭議的殘破結構仍然見證其黑暗時代的歷史。
14 year-old Lani Tochilla loves to ride his bike playfully at the abandoned Pyramid of Tirana, indisputably a symbolic landmark of the capital of Albania.
Originally built in 1988 as a Museum of Enver Hoxha, a posthumous dedication to Albania’s infamous Communist leader who ruled in harsh Stalinist style in 1944-1985 . The Pyramid is now a relic portraying the country’s turbulent past.
The fenced-off structure is in a dilapidated state, but many people enter the area treating it as a cultural playground, spraying graffiti, climbing up to the top, biking or skate-boarding, etc.
Demolition was scheduled in 2011 but the move was heavily protested for heritage preservation. The controversial structure still stands as a ruined historical remnant of its darker days.
楊必興 P H Yang
專業攝影師。人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後,楊必興改變了軌跡,選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。他屢獲殊榮,在三藩市、華盛頓、北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展,包括香港PMQ開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登,包括CNN、CrowdSpark(前Newzulu、Citizenside)、Demotix、《三藩市紀事報》、Hong Kong Free Press、香港01、《信報月刊》、《明報》、《蘋果日報》、TVB等。他的作品授權《Lonely Planet旅遊指南》和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。
Professional photographer. After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography. Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB...His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad. Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition. Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015.
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