OpenWalls Arles photo competition entry
I just entered OpenWalls Arles photography competition Home and Away with a photograph - In Wales two Canadians and an American fight to end transplant abuse in China.
(L-R) David Kilgour, David Matas and Ethan Gutmann at the National Assembly for Wales
I just entered OpenWalls Arles photography competition Home and Away with a photograph - In Wales two Canadians and an American fight to end transplant abuse in China.
I chose this photo as it’s always stuck in my mind as a pivotal moment of unity between these three men. Relentlessly, they travel the world to help stop organ harvesting in China who have their organs removed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sold for vast amounts of money on a massive scale. Currently, the most harvested organs come from Falun Gong in China.
“One thing that Wales can do is say to its own transplant professionals: No contact with Chinese transplant professionals. Say to Chinese transplant professionals: No access to Welsh transplant professionals until there is acknowledgement, not just accountability in the future, but accountability of the past.” – David Matas
https://enter.openwalls.co/share/54454d572fc1eb147fc21fe1e966d76a/
End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) Article on Hearing at National Welsh Assembly
https://endtransplantabuse.org/hearing-at-national-assembly-for-wales/
The photo went out originally in colour. I’ve been going through my photo archives and picking my favorite portraits and making black and white versions using the DxO filters i’ve recently purchased. Within the filter set the Silver EFX Pro 2 filter is great as they can be used to mimic old film stocks. I particularly like the grain on the AGFA APX 400.
London Falun Gong April 25 peaceful appeal against persecution in China
London Falun Gong practitioners Commemorate April 25th 1999 by St Martin in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. The first peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Falun Dafa aka Falun Gong tranquil sitting meditation
London Falun Gong practitioners Commemorate April 25th 1999 by St Martin in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. The first peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They do this by showing the beauty of meditation exercises, talk to people, collect petition signatures and hand out information and paper Lotus flowers.
Falun Dafa practitioners from all around the world have participated in rallies or marches over the weekend to commemorate the peaceful protest that took place on April 25, 1999, when 10,000 practitioners gathered in Beijing and held a peaceful appeal to seek the release of practitioners illegally arrested in Tianjin. Three months later, Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin launched the nationwide persecution of Falun Dafa that continues today.
http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2017/4/25/162967.html
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo 2015 down the graffiti tunnel on the London South Bank
British Transport Police vs Neboe
I went down to check out The Battle of Waterloo at Leake Street Graffiti tunnel near London's South Bank. Lots of tight stylish writers and energetic street art was on show, presented by the paint shop Chrome & Black.
About 40 artists took part in The Battle, which filled the tunnel with a cloud of sweet smelling spray paint mixed with barbecued jerk chicken, being sold to hungry punters. DJ's pumped out some hefty beats making the party bounce. Even the British Transport Police made an appearance. It looked like they were being taught how to hold a spray can, by one of the artists.
Slam was the overall winner of the £250 prize money, Diet came second and Debug came third.
My personal favorite of a Neo-Tokyo cyberpunk world by Dan Kitchener
Standing Up for Photographers Rights
Photographer Jason Sheldon started a ripple that turned into a wave when he challenged Taylor Swift about her gig photography contracts. She slightly changed her contracts, which is slightly better than before. But still a long way off freedom of the press kind of rights. Here is a recent interview with him in the Walsall Advertiser -