Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London 1973
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A classic scene at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, London, in 1973, with two uniformed police officers watching the crowd as a speaker addresses the gathering from ahead, holding a book aloft above the heads of his audience. The view is taken from within the crowd itself, which gives the photograph a strong sense of immediacy and places the officers as part of the everyday theatre of Speaker’s Corner rather than apart from it. The mix of short-sleeved shirts, patterned tops and summer light captures the period perfectly, while the open space and trees beyond remind us that this famous patch of Hyde Park remained one of London’s most informal forums for argument, protest and public performance. It is a wonderfully candid image of free speech, curiosity and quiet policing in 1970s London.
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