topic The famous Gnomes of Wroclaw, Poland in Share Your Photos https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/The-famous-Gnomes-of-Wroclaw-Poland/m-p/547847#M8173 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM" style="width: 861px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/66507iB5109782A60A11CB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_1928@0.75x@0.75x.jpg" alt="Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM</span></span></P> <P>Gnomes have long held a place in Polish folklore, and their current iconic incarnation as symbols of Wroclaw has a direct correlation to the political climate of the 1980s.&nbsp; Under communism gnomes became the absurdist calling card of the "Orange Alternative" - an underground protest movement that used absurdity and nonsense to stage peaceful, yet subversive protest.</P> Tue, 06 May 2025 22:38:06 GMT JFG 2025-05-06T22:38:06Z The famous Gnomes of Wroclaw, Poland https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/The-famous-Gnomes-of-Wroclaw-Poland/m-p/547847#M8173 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM" style="width: 861px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/66507iB5109782A60A11CB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_1928@0.75x@0.75x.jpg" alt="Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Gnome taking a photo of smaller gnome R6 Mark II RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM</span></span></P> <P>Gnomes have long held a place in Polish folklore, and their current iconic incarnation as symbols of Wroclaw has a direct correlation to the political climate of the 1980s.&nbsp; Under communism gnomes became the absurdist calling card of the "Orange Alternative" - an underground protest movement that used absurdity and nonsense to stage peaceful, yet subversive protest.</P> Tue, 06 May 2025 22:38:06 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/The-famous-Gnomes-of-Wroclaw-Poland/m-p/547847#M8173 JFG 2025-05-06T22:38:06Z