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As the night tightens its grip over the rainy suburbs The hairdresser gives the finishing touch to his last customer The bright orange blouses shine under the raw neon light The wet pavement reflects the light in the poorly lit street It could be the set for a “film noir”, but it is only suburban […]
Life on the sidelines where the crowds mix and mill The laughing ones, the laid back and the hurried all meet The dress code is no code and every girl is free to flaunt her advantages The competition is tough and the bright oranges stand for their chances Like the golden apple from the Hesperides […]
Like a Cinderella sweeping for the nasty stepsisters While the pumpkin is waiting for its moment of glory Unattainable dreams, like the dust of sleepless nights Are swept by the sandman under the catafalque of our vanities Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery Hits: 18
Two lovers standing like an island against the human tide Illustrating the lyrics of a song by the Norwegian group Madrugada “I have no words for you” in the nineties the melancholic words went on: “I would like to come unmasked for you, I wanna come without a lie… I don’t care about me and […]
Inner vision of the bowels of a Nostromo replica Looking for an escaped and illegal alien who fell from the sky The shuttle runs blind with a hissing noise along the tunnel We are departing for our final destination W have been departing since we were born Mere mortals caught in a spiral of infinity […]
Step aside here they come, the fun squad is serious about glee Man-sized Tinkerbell fairies ready to quell any sad spell They can beat a sad face into a smile in a matter of seconds They are the juggernaut of Carnival, the enforcers of happiness Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: […]
A view of a sunny-shady ‘caveat emptor’ business zone Broken cathodic TV sets for sale lying in the sand Environment-friendly laundromats strung in the dust In the distance a minaret is under construction, looking like a mirador On the opposite side of the street the jack of all trades runs his supine business Selling electrical […]
Meeting the succubus with music and booze on Chepstow The choice of no choice between two evils as they say It is a threat or threat trick in a Halloween manner And while you are looking for the candy, the girls dance away Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery Hits: 18
The road leads from the beginning to the end and back, it is infinity Desert is a broken hourglass where time escapes in all directions And the man walking on the street is aging years in a week This image seems to come out from Boris Vian’s novel ‘l’écume des jours’ The impossible task of […]
With an emoji smile and pierced tongue A shy and sly beautiful Princess beckoned me The mermaid is sending her waterproof invitations It is about a drowning party in a sea of rum and cola She promised to welcome you with her best kiss of death Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery […]