Shades
The anonymous looking shades were the 2016 trend Surreal cyborg cutie dancing in a different dimension Flowers in the hair Dr Martens jackboots and dayglo nails The perfect anonymous outfit to get recognized Every girl is a queen in her castle Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Young fashionista hurries to join her gang The street dances in the reflection of her shades Her body swinging like a soft ship on high seas All the street’s eyes are on her in this Venus moment Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Cast into the limelight as the sun rushes through the breach in the wall of shadows A young black beauty in tutu with a special liking for fuschia walks her walk of fame The road is her stage and the sun follows her steps like a spotlight setting her colors ablaze The fishnets are for […]
Blonde in Shades and pink pants reading Sitting alone on a sunny London terrace Dreams float away but never meet A fluttering image in a waning summer light Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Two young black beauties wearing trendy shades Dance together on the Notting Hill avenues Exchanging glances anonymously through their glazed mirrors Silent messages for goddesses only, unbeknownst to mere mortals Dreams and fantasies suddenly pop like a balloon meeting a sharp end They drift away on clouds of smoke and waves of music Carnival will […]
A reveler stands bemused and dazed on the sidelines His gaze lost behind the reflection in his shades Is it the continuous flow of semi-naked dancers in the street Or the joy enhancers that fill the happy balloons Combined with the compulsive beat erupting from the music rigs ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Strolling on Chepstow, casting his nets to catch glittery fish Joe Cool behind shades and under Stetson the invisible-visible man Cutting through the crowds scanning behind his North Korean Ray-Bans Carnival is the sweet battlefield where fairies search for the lost souls Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery