Candid, people photography
This was taken earlier this year in Bristol during summer. Sixty one gorilla sculptures had appeared all over the streets and parks of Bristol in celebration of the Bristol Zoo’s 175th anniversary. These were auctioned off at the end of the campaign for charity. Signs were placed around the sculptures asking the public not to climb onto them. These did not prevent these kids from having a monkey of a time on them.
I took this in Oxford, UK on my way back to London after teaching on a course in Manchester last week. An unusual heatwave (the hottest end-September since 1895!) greeted us when we arrived. We packed our thick clothing and travelled in light t-shirts and jeans… something we would only have done back in hot and humid Singapore!
Do a search on “British guard and smile” on the web and you would get an interesting list of links to visit. Fortunately, I didn’t have to resort to any antics to make these guards at Windsor Castle smile. I was lucky to capture this light-hearted moment during an otherwise very formal changing-the-guards ceremony at the Castle.