Peace Artistes

When I left the Gallery of Modern Art that day (link), I ambled down to the Merchant City Festival. Always an exciting event in Glasgow with all sorts of entertainment spread over a two week extravaganza.

As I walked through the streets the crowds became thicker, such a great atmosphere with everyone having a good time. I watched a few of the street entertainers over the heads of the crowd. But then I became aware of a vision dressed in silver walking right past me through the throng. And then another, and another — about ten of them all in a row. They were all dressed in silver, black and white. I followed behind them and managed to get a viewpoint at the front of the crowd as they set up their instruments.

Their music was brilliant (ska and jazz). A street band from Bradford, called ‘Peace Artistes’. But it wasn’t just a musical treat, they were a visual treat as well. Just brilliant!!

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Their chosen monotones and the distracting colours in the background pointed me in the direction of Mono images and I also chose quite a contrasty treatment that seemed to go with their style.

I’d love to see them back in Glasgow again.

20 thoughts on “Peace Artistes”

  6. Brilliant! Excellent choice with the high contrast B&W. I can imagine how much of a treat it was – both for the entertainment at time & the fun discovering the pictures after.

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  7. An amazing treat indeed James – loved your use of B&W for these as their costumes were very entertaining without any enhancement needed. I’m sure the music was really a treat as well.

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  9. Nice choice of mono and the instruments even have a different vibe with this format. Also – sorry you lost the data with a computer change – I lost photos and one of a kind videos when we cleared a hard drive – it sucks but we do move on eh? Let the music play….

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