STOP THE WAR rally, Israeli Embassy, Kensington, London
Flowers, prayers and words, The Netherlands Embassy, Kensington
Another weekend, another cry for peace and prayers
Tag: street photography
STOP THE BOMBS
Today, about 15,000 people marched from 10 Downing Street to Kensington, where the Israeli Embassy is located in London. Women, children, young and old, Muslims, non-Muslims, white, black, asians, Jews even, people in wheelchairs, prams and strollers, rich and poor walked 3and a half miles in 30C heat to protest. Taking sides in this decades old conflict is pretty useless today. Both sides have issues. The rally today was organised by STOP THE WAR coalition of NGOs, but somehow or rather, the Socialist Workers always get their foot into these events.
Save Gaza rally, Hyde Park, 2009
Which brings me to this. I joined and supported the very same protest in 2009, January, when it was butt freezing, in Hyde Park. See, nothing about this conflict has progress, year in year out. It isn’t going to change a thing. More on the 2009 event here. I think I prefer the 2009 pictures.
Man’s best friend
Miroir d’eau, Promenade du Paillon, Nice
Missing an Angel
Promenade de la Croisette, Cannes
InstantLondon – Sex in the City, Knightsbridge
InstantLondon – St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square
Brick Lane with Yelp Elites
Lone rapper doing his stuff, Brick Lane © Steven Lee
Spent yesterday Sunday afternoon at the Vibe Bar in hipsterville Brick Lane sharing a photography workshop session withe City Academy and Yelp Elite members. Yes, Yelp is a huge and popular online review site which organises free educational events throughout the world for their Elite members. Street Photography was the subject for the afternoon, or I would rather call it Photography in the Street, since there are so many definitions of what Street Photography is. We had around 15 members joining the session with Carol Edrich (professional Dance and Travel photographer), Zarina Holmes (Lifestyle and Travel, Design consultant) and myself.
For those that have not ventured along Brick Lane on a weekend, this is the place to hang out, with bars, street food, trinket stalls, and lots and lots of vintage stuff, some of the best curry houses in town and amazing street art and grafitti, and did I mention all the different street food from around the world too, like Japanese, Korean, Colombian, kebabs, jerk chicken, dimsum, burgers, bagels, Thai…
The Beautiful Game begins!
The World Cup unites all nations like no other international event, apart from natural disasters, wars and conflicts which, sadly many parts of the world are experiencing today. I drive past this brick wall regularly and my attention have often been caught by the simple painted goalpost on it, which is located at a cul-de-sac.
Ironically, in Brazil, a lot of football happens a bit like this, on the street and in the favelas of the inner cities. Tomorrow, Brazil will showcase it’s spanking new stadiums and amenities, to the world’s fans, despite the reported chaos, violence and strikes still ongoing.
Hope your favourite team wins!
Brazil hosted the World Cup 64 years ago.
The Beautiful Game
Just over 40 days time the world will be transfixed once more with the FIFA World Cup 2014 starting on June, 12. With 32 finalist nations in 8 Groups, Brazil, the host country is surely a firm favourite at 3/1 odds and Spain coming second at 7/1. The World Cup unites sports fans all around the world like no other world event, and it would be a great moment of distraction from the many conflicts, disasters and wars across many regions. (Photo : Steven Lee, Villenueve-Loubet plage.)
LookBack – Old Havana, 2011
I have been searching for some notable images recently on my archive and as usual, had a good look at the Cuba images from one of the explorenation workshops we ran in the Summer 2011. These stood out for me worthy of a review. They was taken in Old Havana, in a dodgy looking side street around 8pm. Old Havana is like some typical Spanish city, but about 60 years behind. Amazing pre-war architectural, ornate windows, but totally derelict, and in need of regeneration. Sodium vapour lamps casts monochromatic orange hues onto street surfaces, Yank Tanks and children playing football. This picture was taken inside one of these buildings, and was our destination for the evening. It houses a very well-known restaurant La Guarida (state-run, of course, like every business in Cuba) but totally Western in concept, taste and even the grungy style added to it’s charm. We hope to make another trip back soon, hasta la vista Cuba.
More on Cuba here.
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