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File: 2025002-0193
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
In respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that define sex as sex at birth, so many transgenders around the United Kingdom took up a protest against the ruling.
An organisation calling themselves What the Trans arranged for a protest to take place in Bristol on the 26th April, and when I read about it on the Internet, I drove there to do some photojournalism of the protest.
While the crowd were still gathering at College Green before they were due to start the march into city centre, there were speakers taking turns to speak out their options.
In the photograph, a group of transgender rights protesters invited a small group of people who were protesting against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, to stand with them.
Instead of taking a photo of the front of them, I figured to take a photo behind them, and show the gathering of protesters in the front of the speakers.
At that time I took those photographs, it was about less than half an hour before they were ready to start marching into city centre.
I converted the photo into black and white, while in Adobe Lightroom.
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File: 2025002-0242
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that a woman is defined as a female at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a protest.
I heard there was a protest at Bristol, and decided to go there, to do some photojournalism photography of the event.
At that time, the crowd had built up and got larger, and it was getting closer to the time for the start of the march.
I noticed this table, the people there were giving out various information, so I thought to try any interesting shots around that table.
I converted the photo into black and white for a dramatic and old style newspaper feel to the event.
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File: 2025002-0186
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
A transgender rights organisation arranged for a protest to take place in Bristol on that day. While the crowd was gathering at College Green before they were due to start the march into city centre, there were speakers taking turns to speak out their options.
At that stage, a group of transgender rights protesters invited a small group of people who were protesting against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, to stand with them.
This lady is part of the transgender rights movement, you’ll notice that the flag she holds is actually the Palestinian flag.
While the people in the group were taking turns to speak, I was trying to get some shots, and zoomed in on her as she was speaking.
I converted it into black and white for a dramatic feel, and old fashion newspaper style image.
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File: 2023006-0359
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This group of people are members of a band called Barracwda, the ones at the front are using just the drumsticks, but the ones behind them are using drums.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0256
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that sex is defined as sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a nationwide protest in major cities.
I heard that there was going to be one in Bristol, and being familiar with how to get in and around Bristol, I decided to go there to do some photojournalism shots of the event.
I found the starting location, and saw a gathering of many people, so I started taking photojournalism shots of the protesters, many of them were sitting down and listening to various speakers taking turns giving speeches, until it was ready for the march into the main city centre.
I slipped in and out of the crowd, moving around them, trying to find any interesting shots that I could find.
I noticed this lady with the Intersex Inclusive Progress pride flag tucked into her ponytail, as she listens to speakers, and decided to grab some shots.
The photos were taken just some minutes before everyone were to get ready for the start of the march into city centre.
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File: 2023006-0675
Working Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a photo of the what I believe to be volunteers and staff for the St John the Baptist church. The building on the left side behind the people is the church on the junction of St John Street, Church Street, and Working Street.
The parade went past this church, and still have to go around one large block (two streets) to reach the finishing point.
The photos were shot in colour, I used Adobe Lightroom to convert them into black and white, for dramatic and old fashion newspaper feel to it.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0335
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This lady is seen wearing a T-shirt with the word Barracwda on the front, she is a member of a band called Barracwda.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0040
Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Those two women are helping put on an elephant head, onto the guy whom is seen already wearing an elephant costume. What the two ladies were doing was actually helping to make adjustments for him, to make sure the head would be put on correctly.
Why do I give this photo the title The Hot Suit? Well, at that time, the weather was really hot and sunny, the temperature was really high, like over 25 degree Celsius (for those of you who use Fahrenheit, that would be around 77.)
I could possibility imagine how hot it would be under this costume suit, it would be very hot, so figure why not nickname it The Hot Suit.
The photograph was converted to Black and White in Adobe Lightroom, for a good old fashion newspaper like image.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
All Jigsaw Puzzles
CWSJ002
card
1,000 pieces
50 x 66 cm
19¾ x 26 in
TED: "I gotta lot to fank Donald for - 'e stopped me frum frowin' this pussel in the bin! We dun most of it over a cupple of days an' all we 'ad left wuz the blue sky.
So we 'ad them blue peeces layed out an' new we 'ad to try evry peece to fill in the gaps, but it wuz reely reely BORIN'!
I got fed up after gettin' stuck a few times, I 'ad to keep takin' peeces out an' swoppin' 'em arownd an' Dad wuzzn't no 'elp, 'e sed 'e's temperarrily lost 'is pusslin' mojo - huh! - so I neerly jacked it in.
But Donald came to the rescue - YAY! - an' took over while I went an' 'ad a lie down in a darkened room.
'E plugged away at it fer a few 'ours last nite before bed, an' got up early this mornin' to finnish it, an' so 'ere it is - TA-DAAAH!!"
DONALD: *modestly* "It was nothing, really!"
File: 2023006-0250
High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were not far from where High Street ends, and becomes St Marys Street.
Notice the security officers and police officers at the front escorting the parade leaders, and also notice the other journalist also at the front (like the cameraman seen in file 0240).
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0524
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken somewhere outside of The Alchemist, and Flight Club bars. (Note in the background on the right side of the photo, you may make out the Greggs bakery.
This section of people taking part in the parade are police staff, or in Welsh language Heddlu.
Among with them is someone wearing a red dragon mascot outfit, with a flag in the mouth. Notice the guy in the T-shirt looking back, he is likely to be making sure the mascot guy is doing fine.
The Pride parade was about one mile in length, and for those who were taking part, it would take them about an hour from the starting point to the finishing point. But as I keep going back and forth along the parade looking for any interesting shots, it took me like about a couple of hours, and I ended up with sunburn.
It was my second time doing a Pride parade photojournalism, as I had done the Bristol Pride in the year before that, which was also a very hot sunny day too.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2023006-0008
Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This street vendor is seen here carrying two bags full of long balloons, all of various colours, and he is seen trying to make his way towards the rear of the parade.
By strange coincidence, if you look in the background, near the top, you’ll notice the building’s shop front have three long strips of colours, just like the balloons.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0010
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
This is one of the earlier shots I took of a protest outside the council offices in Bristol. At that point of the time, people were gathering around, and it was building up, so it would be a while before there’s something going on. In the meanwhile, I was like doing a warming up, getting into doing some shootings simply by looking around for anything interesting to take photos of.
I figured this flag will do nicely, but even thought there was a very light breeze, it was not enough to keep this flag flying, I was still trying to catch it showing the whole flag. It was best I could come up with, and in the background is the actual council building.
The protest was gathering at College Green, and building up until there was plenty of protesters before they march into the city centre.
I start off a new series with this photo, the series is about the transgender protests, I believe called Trans Resistance Rally, organised by various groups, the photos will be slotted in between other photos I’m still uploading.
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Part of the 52 Weeks of 2018
Week 19
Theme: Hands
All the recent talk of data breaches, the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandel and GDPR legislation have lead to lots of thoughts about how much data we have out there and who has access to it. So I thought I'd create a photographic representation of this.
Giving over your data, releasing it to the cloud, loosing your grip on it.
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(c) Alistair Beavis 2018
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File: 2023006-0199
Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on Castle Street, very near the junction with High Street, you can see the entrance to Cardiff Castle in the background.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed and built to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were getting ready for the start of the parade through the city centre.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0420
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
Here, I spotted her doing roller skating instead of walking like everyone else, so I attempted to take some shots of her, and that was when she spotted me, hence her smiling at the camera.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2025002-0083
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
A march, like a parade, would take months and months of planning, and likely to involve the council closing some routes, and the police setting up road blocks. The organisers would spend some time attending meetings, to talk about the routes, and therefore would be already familiar with where to go.
But in this case, this protest was quickly set up within some days, in respond to a court ruling, thus would be hastily planned, with no road closures, and no police escort. Those guys appear to be unprepared for the route, so they look like they’re having an on-the-spot meeting, to talk about what routes to take.
Some of them are wearing high-visibility vests, and they are the ones likely to have organised the rally, and will be guiding the march through the street.
I was looking to see if I could get any interesting shots, and I figured that those guys having a quick meeting like this, may make an interesting story.
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File: 2023006-0137
Near Castle Arcade, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photo was taken on Castle Street, about half-way between the junctions of High Street and Womanby Street. This location is very near the Revolution restaurant and the Castle Arcade.
This was at the front of the parade, and those girls were doing a dance, while the parade was getting ready. I took some captures, and figured this one would look good in black and white for a dramatic feel.
Couldn’t think of a better title for this, so figured I’ll call this “Front Dancers.”
When I was a teenager attending college, I did a photojournalism kind of photography of students going on a march, in protest. Since then, I haven’t done anything like that, mainly due to the difficulties with my life, and later being a busy single parent.
Since 2020, with the kids now living independent, I decided to get back into doing photography, and this is my fourth attempt at photojournalism photography. I’ve been trying to rebuild my self-confident, and need to refresh my skills.
So this may have been 4th or 5th attempt at photojournalism, and my second Pride parade (the first one was in Bristol). When the parade started, I’ve been busy taking so many shots during the hot weather, and I ended up with a sunburn.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2022002-0233
Cathedral Plaza, at the south end of High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Sunday 6th March 2022, at around 2pm to 4pm.
About the photograph.
This photo shows a guy taking his turn to speak out his option of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while a group of people are listening.
Notice the two people at the far left side of the photo, one of them holding a placard saying ”Tyrants always fail” and the other person with a Ukraine flag on shoulders. There is a closer photo of them in my Photostream.
The last time I attended a protest to try to do some photojournalism kind of photography, was back in 1987-89 during my college days.
Since then, been trying to get a job in photography or graphic design. Got married, started having kids, then got a divorce and became a very busy single parent and full-time carer. Now that my kids are older and left home, I’m free and independent, so I decided to try to get back into doing photography. I need to refresh my skills anyway.
In the first week of March, 2022, I heard that there was a planned protest in Worcester which is the nearest city, so the night before, I charged up my Nikon’s batteries, formatted the memory cards to make sure I have plenty of storage space left for more photos, and made sure my photography kit bag is ready.
On the afternoon of Sunday, I drove to Worcester, parked my car at the car park, and walked over to the Cathedral Plaza, which is where the protests were due to start. At that time (March 2022), the Knife Angel, a 27 feet tall sculpture made out of knives seized by the police, was on display.
As the 2pm start was approaching, more and more people arrived there, I would say there was around about between 50 to 75 people, or something like that. The protest was really more like a Speaker’s Corner kind of protest, with many people just standing around, rather than a march. At least 4 or 5 different guys took turns to speak out their statements, while some people held up their placards. There wasn’t much of a protest, but then again, it is because Worcester is a small city compared to other major cities where protests were taking part on massive scale.
I tried my best to do a photo-journalism kind of photography, I went around the crowd and took as many photos as I could. Those are just the few good photos I could find out of the approximately 400 photos I managed to take.
About the overall subject.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of February 2022, and in a short space of time, many Europeans, Americans, mostly and mainly anyone of “Western” lifestyle, people living in free countries, with freedom of speech, of choice, of votes, many of them started taking to streets to protest against the Russian invasion.
There were so many signs in various languages, often advising that Russia should leave Ukraine, stop the war, Putin being a war criminal, and so on.
This protest that I attended to take the photos, was organised by the Worcester Trades Union Council, and was listed on the Stop the War Coalition website, under the No to War in Ukraine protests section. This was just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of protests happening all around the world on Sunday 6th March, in respond to President Putin‘s decision to attack Ukraine.
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High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance, in the background is the Cardiff Castle on Castle Street.
This is not very long after the start of the parade, which had started moving forwards and is turning into High Street, you can’t see them much, but they are behind the buggy vehicle.
What the photograph shows is just a few of the various people, both men and women, who are at the front. They’re police officers, security people, Pride management staff, and so on. They do have women somewhere.
Because there are some guys at the front, there’s those two police officers just to the right of the centre, and there’s that guy in polo T-shirt with sunglasses on the left side.
Maybe you’ve watched some Hollywood movies, or some television shows, and if they involve the military, you must’ve heard of “point” right?
Like when the person in change would say something like “You and you, take the point.” or say “Smith, you’re on point.” or “Guys, take up point.”
“Point” is kind of a military jargon meaning the person who is at the front of the group of people on the move, often the one who needs to watch ahead, and warn of dangers ahead.
So I figure those guys are on point, after all, they’re the ones at the front, leading the main parade behind them. Hence, I nickname this shot as “Point Men”
I figure to covert the photo, in Adobe Lightroom, into black and white, for a more photojournalism feels to it, and used Adobe Photoshop to crop it closer.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Unsurprisingly, Stockholm City Centre was pretty deserted on the night of the terror attack. It was quite eerie.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
There was a protest by transgenders in Bristol, one of the many around the United Kingdom, in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling.
I went there as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism of the event.
When I arrived, they were still gathering and building up, this would be why you notice in the background, some people are sitting down. They’re simply waiting for the start of the march into city centre.
Not much was happening, it was just mostly milling about and listening to some people taking turns to speak out.
I was looking around for interesting subjects to take photos of, I just noticed this placard of the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. It looks like someone used photo editing software to create the illustration of the PM as being the devil.
What is more interesting about it, is that the person who made this placard had decided to create a border around the placard, so it looked like a framed picture.
Generally the majority of the people in any protests, strikes, parades, mostly don’t bother with a frame around the placards, which is why I was wondering about it, and decided to take a photo of it.
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This morning's newspapers headlines, now old news as he's delivered a resignation speech at lunchtime today.
Supermarket newspapers, Tesco Poole Quay 07.07.2022
Christmas decorations in what would usually be one of the busier streets in Central Brussels. Again, pretty empty during the state of emergency.
Donald Trump in prison uniform, chained to fence, The High Line, Meatpacking District, Manhattan, NYC. 2019.
Justin
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Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a photo of a lady, I think a transgender lady, whom had this impressive black outfit, including what looks like an oversized vinyl record as a hat, completed with a good looking label. Really impressive headgear.
Back in the old days, sometimes records like those, commonly a 12 inches diameter record played at 33 and half rpm (revolutions per minute), is often known as a LP meaning long play, and usually good enough for a full-length album. That’s why I give it the title of The LP Lady.
The photograph was converted to Black and White in Adobe Lightroom, for a good old fashion newspaper like image.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
I attended the protest as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism kind of photography, in order to improvise my skills and to build up a portfolio.
At this stage, the gathering was still ongoing, the crowd was building up, and it would be some time before they start the march through the city centre.
I was looking around for interesting shots, and interesting stories to take photos of, when I noticed this person with a Jack Russell on her shoulder, coming along.
So I decided to take some shots of her, and the dog.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
While attending the Trans Resistance Rally event at Bristol as an out-of-work freelance photographer, looking to freshen up and improve my skills, I was looking around for anything interesting going on.
I saw this person with the short black T-shirt carrying a megaphone, and started speaking, but soon found there were problems with the megaphone. While trying to get it working, the other two came over to help out.
I was trying to get a better angle, and hope to include the troublesome megaphone in the shot, but figured that the problem could be short lived, they could simply have sorted it out within a matter of seconds, so I didn’t want to risk missing the photos by moving around and looking for a better angle.
I simply started taking the photographs, while at same time attempting to move around for a better viewpoint. But as I figured, they didn’t take too long to try to get it working.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, and cropped it while in Adobe Photoshop.
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I mentioned in an earlier post that I knew County Hall, and the Greater London Council (GLC), very well in the 1970s. That was because I was local government researcher and correspondent for Thames Television – in those days, the national ITV station that also served the London area.
Thames took its local government reporting very seriously (and received plaudits for it). And so we come to this TV studio photograph – the set of our open-ended results programme not of a general election, but of the local election across the 32 London boroughs that comprised the GLC.
We've just completed a run-through and it's shortly before we go on air on 9th April 1970. That’s me on the left in shirtsleeves talking to Roy Fewins, the floor manager. Seated to the right at the election results desk is the legendary Alastair Burnet with Peter Tiffin, the studio director (standing). Then Peter Taylor, who’s discussing possible election outcomes with a psephologist whose name I can’t now remember.
And just look at the cutting edge technology… that election ‘swingometer’ next to Alastair!
By today’s television standards, the set design was very simple: 'GLC 70', underneath which are 32 squares, each one representing a London borough.
Boy, did we all work our socks off – and the programme delivered the results. We came off air at around 2am, adrenalin flowing like mad, knowing we’d done a good job for London.
Digitised Kodak Ektachrome print
A snatched photo while moving from one location to another. A very nice arcade in Brussels, normally packed, less so during the state of emergency.
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Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Those two people wearing white hard hats and yellow high visibility vests, may be staff for a business (like a building business) or an organisation (like country council) that support the LGBT.
Here, they are chatting to each other while they, like many other people, were waiting for the Pride Parade to get underway.
Notice in the background, to the right of the photo, another person wearing a hard hat, this time a blue one.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photo was taken on Castle Street, about half-way between the junctions of High Street and Womanby Street. This location is very near the Revolution restaurant and the Castle Arcade entrance.
This was my fourth attempt at photojournalism kind of photography, my first was during college, and that was like over 30 years ago. This is my second time doing photojournalism of a Pride parade, the first one was just a year before this.
The people standing on the road, in the background, are the ones who have taken their places in the parade. They are simply waiting for the start time, for the parade to move which at that time wasn’t due for maybe half an hour or so.
The people on the sidewalk, heading away from the camera, are actually more people simply going to join the parade. They may be heading to the read of the parade and join in at the back of the line. It is possible that a few of them may join their groups that are already in the parade. Note one of them is carrying a drum.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were not far from where High Street ends, and becomes St Marys Street.
Notice the security officers and police officers at the front escorting the parade leaders, and also notice the other journalist also at the front (like the cameraman seen in file 0240).
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Cathedral Plaza, at the south end of High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Sunday 6th March 2022, at around 2pm to 4pm.
About the photograph.
Those shots were in colour, I converted those two into black and white.
In this photograph, this is the same man as in file 0036 (the one that comes before this photo). The reason he looks like he is higher up than the rest of the crowd is because he was standing on the steps of the Edward Elgar statue.
The last time I attended a protest to try to do some photojournalism kind of photography, was back in 1987-89 during my college days.
Since then, been trying to get a job in photography or graphic design. Got married, started having kids, then got a divorce and became a very busy single parent and full-time carer. Now that my kids are older and left home, I’m free and independent, so I decided to try to get back into doing photography. I need to refresh my skills anyway.
In the first week of March, 2022, I heard that there was a planned protest in Worcester which is the nearest city, so the night before, I charged up my Nikon’s batteries, formatted the memory cards to make sure I have plenty of storage space left for more photos, and made sure my photography kit bag is ready.
On the afternoon of Sunday, I drove to Worcester, parked my car at the car park, and walked over to the Cathedral Plaza, which is where the protests were due to start. At that time (March 2022), the Knife Angel, a 27 feet tall sculpture made out of knives seized by the police, was on display.
As the 2pm start was approaching, more and more people arrived there, I would say there was around about between 50 to 75 people, or something like that. The protest was really more like a Speaker’s Corner kind of protest, with many people just standing around, rather than a march. At least 4 or 5 different guys took turns to speak out their statements, while some people held up their placards. There wasn’t much of a protest, but then again, it is because Worcester is a small city compared to other major cities where protests were taking part on massive scale.
I tried my best to do a photo-journalism kind of photography, I went around the crowd and took as many photos as I could. Those are just the few good photos I could find out of the approximately 400 photos I managed to take.
About the overall subject.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of February 2022, and in a short space of time, many Europeans, Americans, mostly and mainly anyone of “Western” lifestyle, people living in free countries, with freedom of speech, of choice, of votes, many of them started taking to streets to protest against the Russian invasion.
There were so many signs in various languages, often advising that Russia should leave Ukraine, stop the war, Putin being a war criminal, and so on.
This protest that I attended to take the photos, was organised by the Worcester Trades Union Council, and was listed on the Stop the War Coalition website, under the No to War in Ukraine protests section. This was just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of protests happening all around the world on Sunday 6th March, in respond to President Putin‘s decision to attack Ukraine.
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President Barack Obama talks to an audience of young people at a Town Hall meeting during his visit to London last week.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
There was a protest by transgenders in Bristol, one of the many around the United Kingdom, in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling.
I went there as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism of the event.
At that time I took this photograph, everyone was still gathering, and the protest was still building up. They were simply milling about while waiting for the start of the march, you can see a few people sitting down, seen on the bottom of the photo.
While they were getting ready, there was music going on, and this guy with a flag on their back, was doing some dancing. They were one of the very few who was doing some dancing, as the rest was really milling about.
The photo was taken more or less approximately 45 minutes before the protest start marching into city centre.
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Castle Street, near the junction with High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
I was attempting to take a wide photo of the many people at the front of the parade, which you can see in the background. This security lady mistakenly thought I was trying to take a candid photograph of her, so she simply posed for me.
It was only when I noticed her, that I informed her I was taking a photo of what’s behind her, and asked if she could pose again, so this time I would take a portrait photo of her, she simply happily posed again.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Otto Schade.
Donald Trump v's Kim Jong Un, all the beauty and positivity in this world is at risk from a pair of total idiots !.
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Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photo was taken on Castle Street, about half-way between the junctions of High Street and Womanby Street. This location is very near the Revolution restaurant and the Castle Arcade entrance.
This was my fourth attempt at photojournalism kind of photography, my first was during college, and that was like over 30 years ago. This is my second time doing photojournalism of a Pride parade, the first one was just a year before this.
I was looking around at people, trying to find something interesting, something story like, and I noticed the two people in white T-shirts asking the security guy for directions on where to go. So I took some shots.
Here, the security guy is seen pointing out to the couple, on how to get to where they want to go to.
The couple are also pointing in the directions of where to go. In most cases, humans often subconsciously do the pointing while listening, as if their hands are helping make a mental note of how to follow the directions. In most cases, they are often pointing as if confirming the directions from the guide.
Note the BT Group logo on their white T-shirts, it would appear that those two are working for BT and BT is supporting the LGBT parade. Also note the woman’s impressive colourful stripped trousers.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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People's March for Free Press - Truth Matters! 25th March, 2017. Bryant Park / Sixth Avenue. Manhattan, New York City.
Justin
Tesla Takedown movement protesting outside the Tesla Showroom, 860 Washington St, Manhattan, NYC. 22nd March 2025.
Ricoh GRIII
Justin
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Anchor Road, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken near the end of the Bristol Pride parade march, at Anchor Road.
I had been walking alongside the parade, doing documentary and photojournalism kind of photography as I went along with the Pride march.
Anyone in the parade would take up to about an hour to get from the starting point to the end point. However, as I sometimes walk back and forth while trying to find some shots, it had taken me about a couple of hours to go from the start to the end.
Here, I took as many photos as I can of those people reaching almost the finish point of the march.
At one time between 1987 to 1989, I did try taking photos of a protest march while at college, but have not done any photojournalism kind of photos for a few decades, until that day, so I was still inexperience in the field of photojournalism.
The Bristol Pride was the first of big current affairs event that I attended and took photographs. For me, this event acts like a refresher course, to practise doing a photojournalism kind of photography.
I hope I’ve done okay with those the event, if you want to see more of the Bristol Pride photos, there is an album on this subject in my Albums section.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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File: 2022004-0263
Lower Castle Street, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About those photographs.
The 2022 Bristol Pride started at Castle Park, moved into Castle Street, and turned left into Lower Castle Street, heading north towards Penn Street. Those photographs were taken somewhere near the NCP Broadmead car park next to the Marriott hotel. It was approximately about 15 minutes after the start of the march.
I took up a position near the car park’s entrance. In the wide photo (0251), you’ll notice the KEEP CLEAR wording painted on the road, and the lowered kerb (in American-English: “crub”), that is where the entrance to the car park is.
This was where I spotted the guy with baseball cap, sunglasses, and a rainbow mask around his face, holding up a placard. I had noticed that thousands of people on the march had showed their faces, only a very rare number would choose to hide their faces.
In the second photo (0263), I zoomed to the 200mm length and took some shots of the guy. I have no idea who he is, when preparing the photos for uploading to Flickr, I simply called him “The Masked Man.”
It had occurred to me that I had taken zoomed in photos of him for uploading to Flickr or Instagram or whatever, to showcase my experience and skills, and considering that he wants his identify hidden, he may want his privacy.
So I went over to him, to ask him for his permissions. Here is where it gets interesting…
Bearing in mind that I am a deaf person with speech impaired, often mispronouncing my words, and that he is wearing a mask over his mouth, making lip-reading impossible for me.
So how do we communicate with each other? No problem! The simple fact is…
Days before coming down to Bristol to cover this event, I had prepared some kind of ID tag of my own, stating that I’m a photographer and that I’m deaf. On the other side was a simple typed text, that simply asked “May I have permissions to publish the photos online? I ask out of respect because you are clearly seen in the photographs.”
On this day, at that point, I went up to him, and I said to him “Excuse me, I’m deaf.” Then I held up the back of my ID tag, let him read the wording.
Even thought he’s wearing a mask around his mouth, so if he were to say something like “Sure, go ahead.” It would be impossible to know, but no problem there. As he knows I’m a deaf person, all he did was simply nod his head.
When I was in my last year at a deaf school, I told the hearing teacher that I wanted to get into college and study photography. I was told that I can’t become a photographer because I’m deaf and how am I supposed to communicate. Even my mother agrees with the teacher and wasn’t supportive of my aims.
It’s not like I wanted to become a wedding photographer, which would need a lot of communications between the photographer and the wedding party.
My mother, her friends, the teachers, and most other people, were all wrong. Even thought it is difficult for me as a photographer to do this kind of photography, it should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not a barrier.
So, I got his permissions to publish the photos, and there it is.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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