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From the hands-free smartphone to the hands-free beer Re-inventing the happy hour so you can grab for more Carnival liberates your imagination it is a matter of your interest The irrefutable proof that you can drink and drive… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
One smile out of two is just an average A couple of Jamaican girls hurry down Chesptow The met-line is against the wall, like unusual suspects A slightly more relaxed situation than last year Still the mews were locked in segregation mode The posh huddled behind chicken wire, the wolves outside Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
As the trucker keeps on truckin’ in the late 60’s Crumb tradition Hauling the music and the performers at the parade’s snail pace Riding into the sunset cowboy style as the day burns its last flares The night is rife with its unfulfilled promises But still hopes will rush like the lemmings Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
A young black beauty shows her incredible talents for the camera The full carnival service twerk special under close protection of her two Cherubs Attracted by the loud music, the tinkling of glasses and the laughter The fallen angels of Lilith’s fame come rising from the second circle of Dante’s Inferno Pouncing mercilessly on their […]
The crusaders on their way to the new Constantinopolis Following the virtual cross on the screen of a smartphone Wading into the gentle Nubian crowds of Carnival A bite at Apple’s in Garden of Eden consumed the original sin At the behest of a hissing serpent called Huawei for the god’s purpose Angels on low […]
Smartphones are smarter than we think They have become best friends and confidantes We share everything and privacy becomes illusion Surrogate lives through a rosy screen, the great lie of virtuality Siri, Cortana, Alexa, you sleep with me, but do you love me ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Two girls in golden Notting Hill special “spacesuits” Dancing downhill in a kind a spice-induced weightlessness We all came to share the dream, even if it will only last for two days We will keep the fond memories deep in our hearts until next year Through the grey and rainy days of autumn and winter […]
Like an ornate carved figurehead from the prow of an ancient dreadnought A mermaid calling for the old mariner’s perdition at the ragged crags of Masquerade Drifting down Chepstow with the flow, throwing winks and glances at the drowning Wearing a heavily stained blouse as a negligee, is it blood or is it paint, who […]
Shooting impromptu portraits at the Carnival Swimming in the crowd to get close to the subject Everything moving fast, it is like painting a battlefield The painted faces of the footsoldiers going into the Notting Hill Battle Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Refill our souls at the spirit of Carnival Let’s drink until we sink in total inebriation And roll under the unrelenting thunder of music To forget our woes and the stabs of life’s long knives And lick the wine of our wounds to the last drop Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery