I started recording Pride events in Europe in 1992. Over the years I have seen thousands of faces from all walks of life, and recorded them.
Because I am open about my work, people who you would not expect to, have told me about their lives and lifestyle's.
We are in a World of double standards of behavior still by those in power at the expense of those that are not. We should remember what the World pride movement came from always.
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. ?
Bristol and Pride in Bristol is a very creative City pushing boundaries in international media and the arts. I thank you all for my fraction of a second meeting and recording you. Because of time and schedules I just record and head back to work on the projects. So, the festivals are my social life. Thanks for letting me capture you in time.
Chris Summerfield