Notting Hill Carnival 2017
The last heavenly glimpse before the fall As the earth breaks open under my feet I can see the light and I can see the bright flames The soft places in hell where you can rest your broken head On smooth and soft pillows not really made of angel’s feathers Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
Two cosplay policewomen looking for troublemakers Use excessive force to make an arrest handcuffs and bodysearch Will your crime be grave enough to fall in their foul play Sweet surrender but not without a fight, jailbird or jailbait ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery
White revelers under scrutiny from the Force Three men in the pot calling the kettle black As the whities prepare for a low-key ecstasy Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery (n.b. “kettling” is a technique used by the UK police to break down demonstrations)
In the heart of the tropical days of Carnival Feathered multicolor beauties shoot smiles at blank point We, the rustlers of magical images are just fair game The hunter becomes the hunted, and we all like it Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery
According to the legend, Terpsichore one of the nine muses Goddess of dance and chorus she swipes over Chepstow Road Wearing gold stripes as sole cloth over her brown body, she fears no mortal She glides before our bemused eyes and fades away like a golden dream Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival […]
A black beauty shows off on Chepstow Walking down the Hill under safe escort Dare not say a word or make a catcall Lest your teeth on the road be spilled Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnioval Gallery
Birds of Paradise sometimes venture to the gates of hell To twerk the stewards and the occasional demon And exorcise the surge of irresistible passions They flirt and flutter oblivious to the chime of heaven’s bell Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery
Her new disguise and make-up all daubed in purple and red Broken expectations of a child are a passing moment of defeat A sad look at the camera, it will soon be gone as carnival goes on Small vanities and high hopes are reshaped by the flow of time Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
They pace gracefully down the masquerade avenues And you dream you would elope with an antelope But the dream is just a gossamer bubble in your head Handle with care or else the vision will scamper Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2017 Carnival Gallery
All the way down the Hill you get slowed by speed-bumps and goose-pimples Baits in fishnet stockings looking for the great white will settle for smaller catch It is all about fun and good humor nothing toxic except the isolated racist oddball The carnival serves its original purpose to share the culture and some tangible […]