Notting Hill Carnival 2015
Like a printer gone bad colors bleeds and ink blots The street fills with blackened black people, double black faces But this is for the just cause in remembrance of the slaving times Civil wars and democratic talk changed little indeed for the victims It changed their name into proletary and coal replaced molasses Slaves […]
Nothing really mysterious on Carnival at most it may be strange A couple with kid lost in a frantic search for their own color The symbol of good or ill fortune wherever the rainbow strikes the ground A selfie magnet and a likes catcher on the web, at least it doesn’t kill Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
Costumes that will shake you out of any slumber Better than coffee, the Starbugs family from outer space Not yet woke enough to revel and have fun, it is the rocket-lag Carnival is come as you are from wherever you are You are your own disguise, for a day your are your own mask Photo […]
Dream team walking down Westbourne Grove On their way to a real life instant celebrity No fake-likes and no virtual friends Catch a tiger by the toe and join the fray I can hear them holler and I can see them go Photo Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery Hits: 6
Paint and powder sprayed beauties put up a brave face Pleasantly laughing and teasing for the camera Time has passed but the image of the instant remains A photograph is a broken clock in our hand we see the image But we can not go back or forward it is a small capsule in the […]
Bending over backwards is not just a formula The masquerade performances dating back from slave times The performance and the need to overcome in a trance dance The Voodoo cult stowaway in the slave-ship’s holds from Africa The beliefs, the culture and traditions helped to survive the plight Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 […]
Riding the waves of music, a mermaid swallows her cheeks A refrained smile or a secret message to the beholder Dancing Queen rocking at the threshold of a trance The Jab’s call at the blurred edge between Soca and Voodoo Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery Hits: 6
A tough looking guy leaning on the rig As if it was a resting on his shoulders Tight lips, tattoos, red bandana and shades If you’re looking for trouble, he’s your man Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery Hits: 10
A young little dancer eager to grow older The age when you still believe know everything But in your heart you know and you fear it is not true Still immune from the wounds of love, willing and able to suffer Donning bright blue pattern nails, the future of the future Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Squads of young brown amazons march on the Hill toting their weapons They prance and dance to the beauty of their glory days Singing there is no man that a woman has not borne Forget Adam and his spare-rib, the first man was a woman So hail to Hathor or Lilith, and shame on Eve […]