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Street and reportage photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from June 2016.
Captured during a conflict in George Square between a far right white supremacist protest and an anti-fascist pro-immigration counter-protest. The atmosphere was 'tense' to put it mildly.
Immigration is not the problem.
If you think that your country is suffering because of immigration, that there are no jobs, that public services are starved of money, that housing is in crisis, and there are politicians screaming that immigration is to blame - then immigration is not the problem. Misappropriation of public finances is the problem. Immigrants are the scapegoat.
They are not immigrants unless proven to be so either and the overwhelming majority on those 'small boats' actually qualify for asylum as genuine refugees.
So refugees are the problem?
Just remember this, if you only take one thing away from my words here:
We are all just one catastrophe away from needing to seek asylum as a refugee.
In an increasingly unstable world with the coming climate change crisis, food and water security crisis and the beating of war drums around the world, don't think that your need to seek asylum is a distant impossibility. It can happen to any of us.
In a world where you can be anything. Be kind. Care. Take care of others in need if you are in a position to do so. Walk a mile in somebody else's shoes.
Our whole world is built upon the movement of people.
Fight hate with love. Kill it with kindness.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished archive shot captured on this day, 17th June, in 2018.
Thank you all for your kind comments and favourites on my work and on my 'Explore' shot today too. Take care.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of a shot captured in June 2018.
Hoping that you are all having a wonderful weekend of photography my Flickr friends. Take care.
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Thank you all for your generous comments and favourites on my Explore. I am extremely grateful to you all.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Flattery will get you everywhere, or nowhere, who knows!
Colour re-edit of a shot captured in June 2017 and the astute among you will notice that I have 'Photoshopped' the image to remove a bollard from behind her left shoulder. Full disclosure on this. I rarely ever manipulate a 'street photography' shot like this and if I do I always declare that I have done so. That means that this shot is not true 'street photography' but the top of the bollard was bright yellow and completely distracted from the colour edit of this shot. I made an artistic choice to remove it for the colour shot and I hope that you all understand.
Thank you all for your awesome support for my photography and for your wonderful messages of care and support during this extremely difficult time in my life. I am grateful to each and every one of you.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend of photography.
Take care and enjoy.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot captured in June 2015. A rally for the Scottish National Party was taking place in George Square at the time I captured this, hence the abundance of Scottish flags in the background. Enjoy.
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