» Brighton Pride or ‘On “Waving Flags”….’
The thing I like about Pride is the way one event can take over a whole town, shut down roads, takeover public parks, and just generally run riot. But in such a dope way, this isnt some sarcastic jibe, cos I genuinely think Pride is one of the best days in this tiny city of Brighton. I am sure its all changed loads from its original objectives, maybe even been too homogenised for some people, but it certainly has balls….
The best part is it lets you imagine if other groups of people took over a whole city for a day, it just kinda makes me wonder what would happen if we all didnt get so stuck in the normal rules and conventions of society- dont worry I’m not gona be gettin all hippyfreaked, but it does get you thinking. Obviously if this little town was like this every few weeks then no-one would get anything done- and liver disease experts would flock here to pick at our corpses; the amount of casualties I saw dragging bags and hangovers back to the train station at midday today (it was monday by then) was immense, but its ace that just for one weekend a year the streets get turned into some hedonistic crazycarnageparty. Now I only got to see the Parade and then a bit of the party in the Park, but it was helladope. The Ophelia Fancy girls had made outfits and supplied some of their lovely ladies to dance the streets away, including Sally, who managed to wear a bit more than the knee high socks and tiny apron that she just about managed to fall out of at every step last year. So I grabbed some polaroids of them all at the park, and sat there drinking beers, just before it started to get too silly and drunk and before the crying and the running and the dancing and the laughing, oh and the falling, so so much falling. How many heels can one girl break in a week- but damn lady you get my respect for trying….
heres a few pics,
Smoking may be bad, but lookin cool is a priority in life…..
Looking For DragonFlies….no really
Cheering cos even the Sun came out.
Swearing at the wrong person
And getting told off for it…..
and fighting back….it was that kinda day…….
and finally just taking off the corset, showing the marks of a long day, and drinking in the sunshine……
I have got some hilarious/crazy hot video from around 3am of drunk semi naked girls singing and dancing to the worlds worst DJ, but hey this isnt youtube so youll have to imagine it, or paypal me some serious dollar. (oh and by the way they knew I was filming, I wasnt one of those long lens creepy photographers that Brighton seems full of at the minute… especially down the beach, its a horror story down there right now, digital technology has a lot to answer for……) Anyways it was fun, I hope that those who Pride is meant to be for had a good time, but we all sure as hell did, so thanks for a good excuse to get rowdy.
You are astronomical fans of alcohol…..
We’re all waving flags now
Waving flags
But don’t be scared
Beer is not death
Beer is not life
It just tastes good
Especially tonight
abridged lyrics stolen from British Sea Power….
other than that I have been crazy busy, did the hottest shoot ever with Sakura, and have been booked up for pretty much all of August now, plus the Studio is so close to opening that I can hardly sleep. Good times….. magazines covers will be up tomo. DD.