Expressive (In)authenticity
Scenes from London following the Queens death
I wanted to capture the tension of the moment, the dichotomy between the tourists and the mourners. It was an important part of the process in documenting the Queens death. Everything I was seeing in the media was a different portrayal of the queens passing.
We live in a time where in the midst of thousands and thousands of people paying their respect, it is a cultural norm to interrupt this activity to take a selfie, to focus on photographing oneself rather than what was happening around them.
These images were taken at Buckingham Palace the morning after and the days following Queen Elizabeth II's death as well as the Houses of Parliament just outside where the queen was lying in state. Several of these images were take just after the individuals had passed the queens coffin and exited the building.
We live in a time where in the midst of thousands and thousands of people paying their respect, it is a cultural norm to interrupt this activity to take a selfie, to focus on photographing oneself rather than what was happening around them.
These images were taken at Buckingham Palace the morning after and the days following Queen Elizabeth II's death as well as the Houses of Parliament just outside where the queen was lying in state. Several of these images were take just after the individuals had passed the queens coffin and exited the building.