(NEW) Bristol Pride 2022, The Back Up, (1/2)

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File: 2022004-0900

Anchor Road, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.

About the photograph.

At one time between 1987 to 1989, I did try taking photojournalism kind of photos of college students going on a march, while I was attending college. Since then, I have not done any photojournalism kind of photos for a few decades.

I would consider myself still inexperienced in the field of photojournalism, and the Bristol Pride was the first of a big current affairs event that I attended and took photograph.

I walked all the way from the starting point to the finishing point of the Pride parade, which took me about a couple of hours, allowing for the fact that I sometimes went back and forth. Normally everyone on the parade would take only about an hour to get to the end.

Once I reached the end, I decided to double back, and try to grab more shots.

Here, I find some of the emergency services, like the ambulances and police cars, bringing up the rear. They were at the rear end of the parade, maybe ready for any emergencies, specially as it was an extremely hot weather, and anyone could faint from the heat.

I thought of calling those shots The Back Up.

Those are some of the last shots of my 2022 Bristol Pride photo-shoots, after that, I went back to my car, and went to my friend’s home in Bristol, to stay and have a long rest. (I live like 60 miles away, would not be safe to drive home after too much sun.)

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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