(NEW) Pride Cymru 2023, St John

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The Hayes, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.

About the photograph.

This shot was taken just near the Vans shop, and the Gaucho restaurant (you can see the name in the background on the left side of the photo), on The Hayes in city centre.

Those guys are with the St John Ambulance, and are taking part in the Pride parade through the city centre.

At that point of time, it was more or less approximately the halfway of the one mile parade, and while it would normally take everyone an hour to walk from the start to finish, it would take me about two hours to finally take photos of the back end of the parade, bearing in mind, I sometimes went back and forth along the parade. This was approximately the halfway of my two hours photography task.

The photos were shot in colour, I used Adobe Lightroom to convert them into black and white, for dramatic and old fashion newspaper feel to it.

About the event.

Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.

In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.

Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.

The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.

Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.

That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.

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