LightNight Liverpool 2012 (re-presented)

LightNight Liverpool 2012

Attending LightNight was a fantastic experience.

Liverpool Cathedral

-Liverpool's Sense Of Sound Choir 

The spriitual harmony of Sence Of Sound Choir "warmed" people on what was a colder evening in May, inside the beauty of The Liverpool Cathedral

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Liverpool Town Hall

-Victorian Characters & Ball Dance

Photographing the Victorian Ball Dance, inside  Liverpool's Town Hall  above was like "stepping back in time",  surrounded by the luxurious decadant grandure of the ballroom and the ornate chandeliers.

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Photographs taken in 2012 re-presented in 2022, as part of my continued work using my potography to raise awareness for Blood Cancer UK.

@Bloodcancer_uk

   LightNight is Liverpool's free one-night arts festival, shining a spotlight on the city and celebrating our world class cultural offer.
Over 100 organizations collaborate annually to create an inspiring trail of events with talks, workshops, performance, music and more.

WAR HERO CRAIG LUNDBERG Liverpool Olympic Flame Ceremony 2012 (RE-PRESENTED)

 WAR HERO CRAIG LUNDBERG

Liverpool Olympic Flame Ceremony 2012

Liverpool celebrates the Olympics held in England in 2012, with a ceremony involving the Olympic Flame.

Craig Lundberg a blind Iraq war hero carried the Olympic Torch on the Mersey Ferry from Birkenhead to Liverpool's Pier Head.

 

Craig was a lance corporal in the 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster when he was blinded during a rooftop battle with insurgents in Basra in March 2007. A rocket-propelled grenade exploded when it hit the body armour on his chest, leaving him with arm and facial injuries.

Despite the pain, he insisted on picking up his rifle and continuing to lead his men to fight.

he received a commendation for his bravery in Iraq.

He was given a joint commanders’ commendation by Major General Hamish Rollo at the regimental headquarters of the Duke of Lancaster Regiment, in Preston.

The citation reads: “The gallantry displayed by LCpl Lundberg that night was without equal. His bravery under fire despite serious injury ensured his section continued to fight bravely in a desperate situation.”

Sources to paragraphs above

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/heroic-liverpool-soldier-blinded-iraq-11580305

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/blind-hero-soldier-bid-paralympics-3484673#amp-readmore-target

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/remembering-olympic-torch-came-liverpool-11690070

Photography Taken To Raise Awareness For @bloodcancer_uk

Haloween Lantern Parade Sefton Park 2008 (re presented)

 

The Halloween Lantern Parade 

Sefton Park Liverpool 31/10/2008

Art comes alive at this event held in Sefton Park
Halloween Parade | Lantern Company
The Lantern Company have grown a reputation over the last 10 years for creating unusual work of an excellent artistic quality.
They have a wealth of experience in producing and directing arts festivals, one-off site specific events, carnival parades and visual theatre.
They also undertake sculptural commissions and create processional kinetic floats, costumes and large-scale puppets.
Their core artistic team have specialist skills and in-depth knowledge and experience in these fields, and they constantly seek new and inventive ways to animate and illuminate our work, frequently collaborating with artists and organizations from different disciplines, which lends a vitality to all their work.

Photography Taken To Raise Awareness For @bloodcancer_uk