Notting Hill Carnival 2015
So what has changed since the roaring eighties Just one century away seems like yesterday Girls wanna have fun was a Cindy Lauper song Carnival is dominated by women and has always been It was designed by Claudia Jones to bring back peace At the peak of racist crimes and prejudice and subsequent riots Photo […]
Posing with his groupies, the star born again star shows his talents In the background a pet boutique and Mary’s giving shop as an annunciation All set and ready to party but the night has yet to come Shooting stars and passing clouds follow our dreams drifting in the sky Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
High hopes to become overnight Internet sensations But buildings rise brick by brick and we should never despair Three graces but only one apple for the fairest of all Life is like the sea it is made of storms and calm days High tides and low ebbs come and go, the movement of life Hold […]
Hiding behind a delicately carved turquoise mask A young beauty peeps at the world spinning around her Black magic or plain chemistry the mystery follows her footsteps It shimmers like a mirage and slowly disappears in her wake Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery
Young Jamaican beauty tries to evade the picture Sneaking out of the frame lest the body snatchers take away her image Nowadays the image has replaced a fading reality imposing its virtual clones The invasion is complete and doppelganger hordes spread out in the streets phone in hand The instant is multiplied in an exponential […]
Jungle Bells are more attractive than their snowy counterparts Something about Christmas tells you that it comes from a faraway desert And the gold-laden camels jingled all the way following a shooting star Three wise mend rode to bring offerings at the feet of the fabulous child Three young black beauties covered in gold and […]
We remember Chubby Checker and his overnight twist sensation But if twist has been long forgotten but the hips are still here shaking So long live to twerk and the colliding celestial bodies Let’s cry at the top of our lungs, be my Andromeda! Now you can look it up on your Weak-a-pedia… Photo Hugh […]
The moment when the spirit of elation reaches its peak A kind of transfiguration with eyes wide closed For a moment all energy is gone but the body won’t quit Revelers are running on empty and beyond Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2015 Carnival Gallery
The symbols and signs abound a Star of Bombay the Cotton Transport The eye candy sprinkled with icing sugar or some similar lethal powder Visibly stressed by this ordeal of running the gauntlet she mutters a few words You can read her lips like an open book but words don’t matter Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Like a water lily gently floating above the swampy crowd Borrowing the colors from a Ruud Van Ampel painting About little kids swimming in the sky’s reflection We carry our dreams on the top of our head like a crown They shine in the night to show the way We are kings and queens in […]