Category Archives: Protest

Hat Trick

Taken last year at the Gaza protests.
The photo makes me laugh though.

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Barracking

Seen a few of these going up round our way

Meant to snap one by the Creek yesterday but the street cleaner had just removed it. This one was lying on the pavement. Love the 3D ‘B’

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Skem Bare Market

Long time Skelmersdale council housing tenant Hazel Scully is pleased that West Lancashire borough council is planning a facelift for run-down Skelmersdale town centre – there’ll be a new high street, shops, cinema, library, sports centre, swimming pool, housing, and a lovely landscaped park to replace the spooky weedfest along...

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Mass Gathering In Defence Of Street Photography *Today*

Today! 12 Noon Trafalgar Square, London
I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! invite all Photographers to a mass photo gathering in defence of street photography.
Street photography…

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Mass Gathering in defence of street photography

12 Noon
Saturday 23rd January 2010
Trafalgar Square
I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! invite all Photographers to a mass photo gathering in defence of street photography.
Following a series of high profile detentions under s44 of the terrorism act including 7 armed police detaining an award winning architectural photographer in the City of London, the...

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Happy Campers

The Climate Camp 2009 on Blackheath was just getting underway when we rolled up there yesterday evening. Much of the media presence seemed to have dissipated after the initial launch didn’t result in a bloody battle a la G20. There were quite a few snappers around though, lugging kit.
And there’s the rub as they say....

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Tamil demonstration on film

Along with the digi I also took the Nikon F4S with the Nikkor 80-200/2.8 AFD loaded with Tri-X
Without the colour (see below) we are looking for something else and the emotional intensity is what comes through.
There were many children and young people active at this demo. Incredibly photogenic too.
Another of Prarameswaran Subramaniyam in his tent
Some...

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Tamils get some attention

I went along for a second day to the Tamil independence demonstration as it is getting more coverage now that it has brought Whitehall and Westminster to a standstill. There were thousands of people there.
Prarameswaran Subramaniyam, hunger striker, day 14
Abirami Rajmanoharan
Unknown Tamil
More photos at snapsthoughts.com and discussion at liberalconspiracy.com. The LC discussion has descended into...

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