When we set off for a trip to the Tate Modern, we didn’t actually realise that the bank holiday weekend of the 28th of august was the time when London was hosting the craziest and largest street party around. We noticed lots of people dressed in feathers and it slowly dawned on us that we needed to head over to Notting Hill to see what it was all about.
Em had her huge canon camera and I was travelling light with my tiny Ricoh GRII street camera.
I think we managed to capture the mood of the event, although there are no pictures of the terrifying crush we got caught in - we actually feared for our lives; not from any threat of violence, but from the sheer mass of people who at one point stared to panic and push. It was an experience to say the least. Don’t let this put you off going though - it is a truly amazing event but next time we go, we will avoid the mayhem on the bank holiday Monday and perhaps not move into the streams of people.
The following is a sample of pictures from both cameras from that day.
