London, UK. 26th January, 2023. Jean Hegarty, sister of victim Kevin McElhinney, speaks at a vigil to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Bloody Sunday during which 13 people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured after the British Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civilians at a civil rights protest in the Bogside.

Full image slideshow now at: https://www.markkerrison.com/portfolio/G00007waEfqOA4lA/I0000k9Gzp3jPwgE

#photojournalism
#BloodySunday

It's that time of year again when my stream is full of images of dangerous metal particles, toxins and chemicals being pumped into the air above London.

Arsenic, strontium, barium, rubidium, cadmium, manganese, sodium oxalate, aluminium, copper, iron dust powder, potassium perchlorate, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulates, quite apart from all that smoke in the heart of the ULEZ.

Millions spent on trashing the environment and yet barely anyone contests it.

#fireworks
#NYE

Pharoah Sanders, Terry Hall, Wilko Johnson, Elza Soares, Keith Levene, Lamont Dozier, Bunny & Tabby Diamond, William Hart, Ronnie Spector, Timmy Thomas, Gal Costa, Loretta Lynn, Tshala Muana, Ramsey Lewis, Angelo Badalamenti, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nicky Tesco. 🙏

#thanks #rip

Rarely have I sensed a bigger disconnect than after coming home this morning from speaking to seriously struggling shopkeepers and passersby in Slough and then listening to millionaire government ministers speaking about the cost of living crisis on the radio.

#costofliving

I’ve been learning a language - Brazilian Portuguese - since summer using Duolingo and I’m quite surprised at its effectiveness in teaching the rudiments of a language with minimal effort and little or no expense on the part of the user as compared to other methods of language learning I’ve used in the past. What I find odd, though, is that I’ve made so much quicker progress since I moved from the paid version to the free version 🤫

#duolingo #languages #languagelearning #brazilianportuguese

Honoured to be invited to photograph today activists from #ACTUPLondon recreating a historic mass die-in on Trafalgar Square for #worldaidsday2022.

ACT UP London are calling for collective national action against government policies forcing the closure of #HIVAIDS education, prevention & support services & the event recalled a 1989 die-in by AIDS activists when Margaret Thatcher’s government was threatening to close an AIDS ward at Middlesex Hospital.

Image slideshow: https://www.markkerrison.com/portfolio/G0000VTom1Ofi_S0/I00005Tz_d4eirUs

I've added a set of images from the following to my website:

London, UK. 12th November, 2022. Climate justice campaigners march to demand urgent climate finance and reparations for loss and damage for global south communities as part of a Global Day of Action called by African climate campaign groups at COP27.

Full image slideshow at: https://www.markkerrison.com/portfolio/G0000ObfNo2w8hF4/I0000gY2.a98pTN0

#ClimateJustice
#ReparationsNow
#LossAndDamage
#ClimateJusticeIsRacialJustice
#DocumentaryPhotography