During a relatively peaceful 2002 protest against the World Bank in Washington, D.C., anti-war demonstrators began to change the situational climate of the march. Tensions between protesters and police, who were expecting a violent demonstration, began to rise. Police began to arrest everyone that they managed to surround inside Pershing Park, guilty, as well as innocent bystanders alike. In relative anticipation of the police’s reaction, this young man wrote the telephone numbers of civil defense lawyers on his arms before the demonstrations even began. Pershing Park, Washington D.C. September 2002 on Nikon N90s Here are the rest of the images from this series: /
This photo was taken at the funeral of the first police officer killed while on duty in my city, Windsor, Ontario, in over 125 years. It was also the largest funeral in at least fifty years, if not longer. The officer’s children’s classes came, and as high school students we were paired up with them to watch them for the day. This was my student… I think he was ten at the time…
Metropolitan Police at a demonstration in London in 1984. [Olympus OM1n + 135mm lens; ILFORD HP5 400 A.S.A.; developed in ID11]
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New-York’s answer to fare evasion…
(click me for original police lineup girl)
You have the right to remain meh. Anything you say can and will be unimportant and/or completely ignored.
Riot Cops sometimes need a break from oppressing your civil liberties doncha know?
Health and Safety Madness / What’s happening to the world? It’s getting to the point where you’ll need a risk assesor, paramedic, fireman, police officer and the obligatory solicitor in attendance before you can let your kids play in a public park. Councils and local government are so worried about legal proceedings, health and safety madness has taken over. What’s happened to the time when accidents were just accidents?
Irish Gardaí Síochana take a bus instead of a Black Maria van. I got on this bus on George’s street, or some part of that street that has several names, in Dublin and after sitting down turned around to see oodles of Gardai. / I had my camera. / I was cheeky. / I turned and asked whilst showing the camera if I could take a picture. Reluctantly they agreed some with humour others not so much. They had their hats off so I shot one without and realising that this would never occur again I asked if they would put their hats on. “Ah go on off with ya,” said one. “Hats on”, barked the sergeant/captain from the back of the bus. Hats went on, “Smile please”, I said. Smiles were fixed. “Could you all look straight ahead please?”, I asked. Eyes were pointed forward. “Could you move just a bit to your right?, Yeah you. Thanks” “Take the photo!” I heard. I did. Here it is. / 1995 On a public bus George’s Street – Dublin
Break The Line / This designed in protest of the laws introduced for World Youth Day 2008. Rules that forbid the riding of skateboards and wearing t-shirts with messages. It’s about rebelling and riding free.
“Ghost in the Machine” was the title of a book authored by Arthur Koestler. Koestler claims that mankind is moving towards self-destruction. Koestler states that the human brain is built upon primitive brain structures, and that these are the “ghost in the machine”. At times these structures can overpower higher logical functions, and are responsible for hate, anger and other such destructive impulses. The Police titled their 1981 album “Ghost in the Machine”. This is where I first heard of this concept. My t-shirt design interpretation of this attempts to graphically represent that man made machines manifest behaviours or events that cannot be explained. These behaviours or events are not programmed, they are the product of the machine taking its own course. These are reflections of our primitive destructive impluses within the machines that we have created…. as the machines are a reflection of us, they are likely to display self destructive behaviour just as we do….. More zomboy shirts here: /
When the world is on the brink of disaster. When the fate of mankind hangs in the balance. Who are you going to call? The police, of course… anything else would be an infringement of copyright, right?
I reckon this actually exists. At least in NSW. Here’s an example from my own suburb.
Another shot of the Bay Bridge over looking San Francisco. Also if you look on the bridge you can see a police vehicle swerving across lanes to slow traffic.
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My first tee in what seems ages… I Predict A Riot! / When some families get together, parties always end in trouble. I’m sure you know the sort… Detail: /
DUBROVNIK/CROATIA/OLD TOWN / Death in Dubrovnik…............ well WHAT did happen to…..........BRITT LAPTHORNE this title has to do with the complexities of a missing girl…..... For those who live outside Australia you maybe interested to know that BRITT LAPTHORNE/ 21-year-old Melbourne woman went missing from a nightclub in the Croatian town of Dubrovnik on September 18. Her body was found many days later washed up near rocks not far from the city centre. At the end of last year I was fortunate enough to visit this wonderful city of DUBROVNIK…...........I felt I had found paradise and had been told this was a most magical place to take photographs. And yes/ I had found paradise and started to wonder about the war here in ‘91 /Death in Dubrovnik…...and then I started to think about this beautiful young woman taken tragically away from her family. I walked the streets of the Old City and surrounds for nearly a week.The more I thought about her the more I wanted to find out about her and so sat in a local internet cafe and tried to read as much as possible about her. So this only made me think more about this young woman and how her family must have felt at the time .So then as I walked the streets every crack in the old walls /every crack in the pavement I photographed /I asked myself did she walk this way….........did she see the beauty I was seeing…....
This traffic cop stood out a mile in her orange rain gear in New York City! As you can see, I shot this just as a Greyhound bus was going past, which helped to create a nice contrast. Taken with a Canon EOS 450D. Title provided by my partner, Paul Wilkin Featured in Victorian Viewfinders, and All About New York State: Up, Down, and all around, July 2009. Featured on the RB home page, August 2009.
The Swat seen here doing just what their name suggests but to use guns and explosives the flys need to be just that bit bigger! detail: / Make sure you have a look at the vegetarian version! / Check out some more of my designs below or view my profile where theres plenty more to see.
London city riot. I wanted to try and capture the frantic, claustrophobic feeling for all involved. Its simple, stark pen and ink sketched image. I didnt want it too polished as I hoped the roughness of it would help capture that violent feel
The Tardis… HDR / 3 exposured -2, 0, +1 through Dynamic-Photo HDR Also Seen on Flickr 23/10/2009 / Featured – Page 2 Redbubble Art Featured! / http://www.redbubble.com/art/featured?page=2
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