Bristol Pride 2022, Group with Signs

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Canon’s Road, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
 
About the photograph.
 
This photo was taken near the end of the Bristol Pride parade march, at Canon’s Road, just off Anchor Road.

I had been doing documentary and photojournalism kind of photography as I went along with the Pride march, trying to take various photos.

Here, I stood aside, and took some photos of people walking past.

This group of people, those three ladies, they saw me taking photos of them, and stopped briefly to let me take some shots.

I did not want them standing there, looking like a protest instead of a march, so I stepped back and signalled them to come forwards, and started shooting as they walked.

Then I asked them if they have any objections to my posting the photo online, they told me it’s fine, and agreed to my posting online. 

The banner they are displaying, the Old Castle Green is a LGBT friendly pub in Bristol. Behind them is Sparta, which is a gay sauna, but according to Google, it had closed down.

At one time between 1987 to 1989, I did try taking photos of a protest march while at college, but have not done any photojournalism kind of photos for a few decades, until that day, so I was still inexperience.

The Bristol Pride was the first of big current affairs event that I attended and took photographs. For me, this event acts like a refresher course, to practise doing a photojournalism kind of photography.

I hope I’ve done okay with those the event, if you want to see more of the Bristol Pride photos, there is an album on this subject in my Albums section.
 
About the event.

Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.

The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.

The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium. 

The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.

After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
 
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Taken in: UK / England / Bristol (show map)

Taken on: July 9, 2022

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