Nikon EM, APX 100, 35mm
The Strangers Into Citizens rally was held in Trafalgar Square on May 7th, where immigrants were protesting for the rights of refugees and, well, immigrants.
This is quite possibly the wettest protest I’ve been to, and it makes picture-taking a tad awkward. My 350D has endured the monsoon rains of India and come out alive, but the EM is a little more fragile, to say the least!
This man was at the rally, randomly dancing around with some kind of sword, which he almost whacked a few people with.
From the same rainy day
Not really a day for deck chairs
I think they were trying to watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, although it wasn’t really the best view for it
People queuing to catch a glimpse of celebrities at the BAFTAs. I’m not sure how long they’d been queuing for – waste of time in my opinion!
On the other side of the street
Another one to add to the collection 
Near Victoria station a man was randomly walking around with a python, as you do. London is full of randomness.
Unfortunately ISO 100 was a little too slow in this instance :/
There was also a veteran’s gathering happening nearby
This one had fought in the Korean War and WW2 – very impressive
Random shot outside the Apollo Theatre on Shaftsbury Avenue
Lastly, a random shot in Camden
14/3/07 – London, Westminster
I was in Westminster at lunchtime today – there were protests taking place against the Government’s stance on “weapons of mass destruction”. Conveniently I had a camera on me!
Greenpeace protesters climbed up a crane in front of the Houses of Parliament and let down this banner. Yes, Tony Blair loves WMD. Effective? Hm, not sure but it got pretty widespread publicity – so I suppose their mission was accomplished.
It actually coincided with the day that MPs were going to vote on the subject of Trident. Read more about it here.
In Parliament Square, Brian Haw was making his voice heard through a loudspeaker. He was urging people to go to the Tate Britain to see the anti-war exhibition. As you can see, the road was blocked off by police so I couldn’t go any closer to say hello to him 
Next time, next time.
These protesters had attached themselves to barrel-like objects, as the police looked on. It was quite amusing really – there were only a handful of demonstrators yet loads of police, and the road was blocked off.
Er, I don’t think they were very amused.
More of them on the other side of the street where we couldn’t get access to.
You can’t really see it clearly but there were men sawing away at the barrels to release the protesters, while they just sat there and stared at them haha
One of them is taken away by police after being ‘freed’
This woman was talking to a “legal observer” about all kinds of things, but in short – how fucked up the Government is. She was looking at me the whole time. I guess she was talking to me then!
That’s all. I miss the days when a lunch hour could stretch to the whole day.
On a side note, remember this woman from my Darfur shots? She reminded me of Michael Jackson, but I just found out that she’s actually Bianca Jagger 
