An LGBT Black History Month Special
Pleasure & Play Fine Art Photographer, Queer Erotica Curator, And Body Beautiful Documentary-Maker Is Awarded Honourary Royal Photographic Society Fellowship Amidst Birthday Celebrations.
Fairytale Magic Was Maintained By Shutting The Party Down Before The Midnight Hour.
(Just Like Cinderella Who Also Left The Party Before Midnight In Order To Avoid The Pumpkins And Instead Have A Happy Ending!)
TheOrator.Press (TO.P) Arrived At The 198 Art Gallery And Education Centre, Railton Road. Brixton, London, Late October 2022 Seeking To Attend A Presentation On Movie Making By An Established And Experienced Black Film Maker, At This Busy South East London Cultural Venue.
Alas We Couldn’t Get In As There Was Nobody Visibly Manning The Doors When We Turned Up, Nor Any Signage With Directions To Help People Arriving After The Initial Long Queue of Audience Members (Notwithstanding Making Prior Enquiries On This Possibility Transpiring And Being Told Entry Should Be Possible).
Whilst Pondering Our Predicament A Group of Bubbly, Smiling, Happy, Friendly Partygoers Arrived And Beckoned Us In When The Doors Were Opened By One of Their Friends After A Telephone Exchange From A Seperate Apartment Upstairs.
On Entry We Introduced Ourselves To The Birthday Boy Host Who Interestingly Retained Hosting Duties Throughout The Night, Whilst Also Keeping A Very Modest Low Profile. Helpfully He Directed Us To Our Intended Event In The Same Building, Which Was Downstairs. Again We Tried But Still Couldn’t Find Anyone Manning The Doors Nor Latecomer Directions, So We Decided To Stay With The Partygoers Instead.
Some of The Soiree Guests Posed For Pictures For The Magazine As Reflected In This Wonderful Picture Gallery On The Left (Which Includes @bernice.mulenga (Blue Hair) And @fusi_i (Silver Beard & Cropped Hair). They Were Mainly Creatives, Artists, And Members And Allies of The LGBT Community Helping The Birthday Boy Celebrate His Birthday.
The Late Musician David Bowie And Veteran Survivor And Social Activist Linton Kwesi Johnson Are Legends of Brixton Which Is Home To So Many Creatives And Intelletuals.
[Above: David Bowie Street Mural At The Side of Morley’s Department, Brixton, By Artist James Cochran.] [MorleysStores.co.uk]
Prize-Winning, Jamaican Born, British-Based Writer, Poet, Musician, And Commentator, Linton Kwesi Johnson Is A Multi-Award Winner of International Acclaim. He Has Been A Well Known Resident In The Local Area For Decades, Seen, Survived And Documented Much of Its Explosive Racial, Police, And Cultural History, Including The Brixton Riots Which Occured After Thatcher’s 1980s ‘Sus’ Laws Saw Excessive And Widespread Police Violence, Racism And Abusive, Of Which The Community Had More Than Enough! He Is A Patron of A Number of Good Causes In And Around The Area.
[Above: Famous Quote By LKJ Pictured Below; Left: The Host, Award-Winning Photographer And Birthday Boy Kept A Low Profile During Studio Celebrations In The Creative Hub Building. 198.org.uk]
