Black and White
Young black beauty in black and white The shine of an irresistible smile The Cheshire cat on the other side Long curly hair spilling like a willow Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Black and white young beauties hiding their modesty Under the Spanish flag like some Invincible Armada Hiding their guns until some blighter comes into range Smiling pirates or privateers taking the chance of a broadside Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Looking like a MMA fighter just pulled out from the sea Spreading his arms to embrace some future victory A black and white northern figure in a Caribbean Sea Cultures meet rather than they clash at the Masquerade Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The “Me Too” spirit runs wild in the streets A black and white girl-girl twerk was once unthinkable Now the masquerade culture gets closer to the Jab’s realm So let’s be careless and let’s be free, Hell is just a place on Earth Twerk and dance into the night, tomorrow will never come Photo Hugh […]
Flags and shooting stars flash their colors and their bodies on Chepstow Road It is a bigger splash, like a Hockney painting, colors beyond the perception range There is no black and white, it is a cosmic ray that shows the way There are no people of color, there are the colors of people The […]
Black and white meet on the chessboard of life Carnival brings the pawns, Kings and Queens They play match after match for two days and three nights It is always a draw, as masquerade hides the real players Next year you hope to see the face under the mask But do you really want to […]