Midnight Rainbow #3: Still Standing By Slobodan Blagojevic

Still Standing
In the fall last year, I found myself roaming the streets of Nicosia, Cyprus, a Mediterranean island with a turbulent past, like much of the region, and still-unresolved present.
My initial, non-photographic reason for spending almost two weeks there didn’t pan out as expected, my ticket was non-refundable, and accommodation paid in advance. With nothing left to do, killing the time by roaming the streets with a camera in hand wasn’t the worst that could happen. Not all who wander are lost, as they say, and having no aim or purpose, no direction or need for punctuality, frees the mind to see things that we would otherwise barely notice while rushing from one meeting to another.
It is a small town. Especially the old part, confined by Venetian walls. Nicoisa is the capital and administrative center, landlocked, thus lacking the usual Mediterranean charm of its seaside sister cities. I crisscrossed it several times, often passing by the same spot. It was in one of those s...