Paradise Lost Notting Hill Carnival 2012
Carnival is a crowd with a mask of many facets and faces
About a million participants and spectators on the street
A tumultuous stream moving up and down the hill
On the sidelines those too tired to swim become beached
You may read their faces and the messages from their eyes
The tides of the soul that come and go
Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2012 Carnival Gallery