καιρός remembered

Statues of horses

Statues of national heroes on horseback – I’m not much of a fan. Not of the statues, and not of the heroes either. They usually make me yawn with boredom, or at best, prompt me to mock them. So when I saw this equestrian statue in Vienna, I felt the urge to find the right angle to make it look funny.

I had to search online to find out who the statue actually depicts, as – due to my indifference – I hadn’t, of course, made a note of it when I took the photo. There I saw dozens of photos of the same statue, but not a single one had been taken from my vantage point.

Photo of the week: equestrian statue (detail) by Anton Fernkorn (1859) of Archduke Charles of Austria, Heldenplatz, Vienna, 2003