TITLE: BLM Protest Lincoln

Taken on a role of Ilford-HP5, 35mm, 2020. An emotional moment I captured during a Black Lives Matter protest where a young girl spoke freely and passionately to the crowd about her experiences of racial discrimination following the death of George Floyd. It was a strange time for everyone, as not only were we in the middle of a national lockdown, but the topic of racism and hatespeech had been more prevalent than ever.

AUTHOR: Nicholas Purnell (United Kingdom)

I'm in my final year of studying BA Photography under the University of Lincoln and currently I am trying to build my own brand as an analog photographer. Although I don't have much professional experience, and I am still experimenting with other mediums and techniques through my studies, I find that one needs a certain eye for detail when shooting on film and I like to believe that I have it. With analog photography, it is often the case of capturing the moment with no second chance - you do not get to edit it, you do not get to check it and delete it if it was wrong; you are only left with what you have taken in its rawest, purest form and that is what I love about it.