Silent Marches, marching silently
A silent march by Hackney teenagers from Ridley Road to
Parliament Square in 1962 kept me going for years.* In 2020, I retraced the steps of the young protesters;
marching silently, on my own investigating London streets, and their
historical and social refrences to protest and power.
Photographs of Silent Marches, found online - past and present - merge my local with global realities; a way of exploring personal and collective action.
United in intention, a flock silently gathers, metamorphosing in the thousands. New formations fill the sky second by second. I observe endless patterns of being together.
*... to complete book project ‘Ridley Road Market’. The 1962 Silent March was my starting point for this - a bridge between Ridley Road and the Road Less Travelled Press activities.
Photographs of Silent Marches, found online - past and present - merge my local with global realities; a way of exploring personal and collective action.
United in intention, a flock silently gathers, metamorphosing in the thousands. New formations fill the sky second by second. I observe endless patterns of being together.
*... to complete book project ‘Ridley Road Market’. The 1962 Silent March was my starting point for this - a bridge between Ridley Road and the Road Less Travelled Press activities.


















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