Photo Hugh Ardoin
Appearing at the River Thames shores near the barrier lock Spiraling towers that I imagine as Tolkien’s Rivendell Castle The elven king’s last refuge stands here shining under heavy skies We are part of our fantasy when we make pictures with one eye closed We wake when the shutter snaps to a CCTV world where […]
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 […]
The windows offer the distant mirage of a dream Silk and rhinestones sandals standing on high pedestals Rare sheath for Princesses’ feet that shall never touch dust Carried on gilded palanquins by how many eunuch slaves Golden bohemians who fly high class to the Moon and back But never set foot on Earth… Photo Hugh […]
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
Everything is closed on Sundays except for the food stalls The streets of the Old Accra are empty at the canonical hours On the way home churchgoers will buy sweets and skewers It would look like eternity but for the obituaries posted on the walls Photo Hugh Ardoin Africa by any Means Necessary Gallery Hits: […]
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
The morning fogs dissipate slowly in the morning sun The sheds stand as corrugated as ever in their stark nakedness The bright semis are here to promote the benefits of consumerism They vaunt a fair trade like the monk-soldiers forced their faith on the colonies The dream locks horns with the illusion no more forever […]
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 […]
Bright colored Pop-Art buses roam the streets in Panama City Driven in a Star-wars style they offer an psychedelic experience Converted ex-US school, buses privately owned and decorated by owners They operate on individual licenses each dedicated to a specific route This is the rule, reality comes as a magical and mysterious adventure Photo Hugh […]
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 […]