(NEW) Pride Cymru 2023 – The Long March

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

About the photograph.

This photograph was taken in Queen Street, approximately outside of the Rokit, Kingdom of Sweets, and The Works shops. The Works is barely noticeable in the background, in the upper left of the photo.

It was taken on the last leg of the parade route, just one more block to go in order to reach the finishing point, by that point, unlike everyone in the parade who only need to march one way, I have been moving back and forth along the parade route, thus I’m more tired than they were.

The photos were shot in colour, I used Adobe Lightroom to convert them into black and white, for 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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