Chepstow road is the catwalk where divas flow Measuring their power by the lenses and the gawkers Playing show-stoppers and twerk fire-starters A smile, a wink and some shake to cheer the crowds The government and the mayor blinded by their fears Held hostage to their polling ambitions Will break any possible tradition We cannot […]
The show must go on as the red hordes surround the chariot Rounding up the gawkers to the dancehall pushing the flyers Irresistible glances and the occasional smile to lift the spirits Tomorrow is just a faint promise beyond all the music and lights Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Under the mottled shadow of a hot summer day A twerking girl gets a helping hand from a friend While all the gawkers get to caress with the eyes Only a selected few will get the full body-body treat Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The pre-olympian goddesses in a combat Using their most lethal weapons to prove the fairest Oglers and gawkers beware of the collateral damage Who rules the universe today may meet the fate of Uranus His body parts cast in rage into the sea Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Young black beauty in gold like an idol Walking with water soon to walk on water And the believers and worshippers altogether Gawk and ogle in awe as she glides by like Gilda Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Strutting down Westbourne Grove at the golden hour Young Diva indulges to the selfie craze and lets the gawkers gawk Strike the pose and let the cameras roll under the shining spotlights Glory is like a bright sun that goes up in the sky What happens next is under the cloak of night Photo Hugh […]
Putting a show between an art gallery and a police horse poster Two girls shake their assets to shock and stun on Westbourne Grove Wrapped in Grenada and Jamaica bright colors shaking their derrières at the crowd of gawkers Taking twerk to another dimension, we are sent flying to the Moon on a one-way ticket […]
Today’s challenger 61 meets man-eater The efficient line is no match for the curves A surrealist drama unfolds at the bottom of the hill Fishnets, blue string and matching flashy boots Oglers, gawkers and rubbernecks watch from the sidelines But the battle was won long before the dices stopped rolling Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
The fairgrounds of fairyland are bristling with neon lights Gawkers and rubbernecks nose in the sky bump in the alleys Battalions of budding sharpshooters show their skills at the ranges To grab giant trophy teddy-bears that came all the way from China Blinking gravity-defying contraptions like neon snakes from a cyber jungle Coil around the […]