Outing to London

Fridays for Future

P1 – Identify lens-based image making

The movement “Fridays for Future” follows the example of 16-year-old student Greta, who in the summer of 2018 went on strike for three weeks in front of the Swedish parliament and protested against the inaction of the policy with regard to the climate crisis.

(c) https://www.fridaysforfuture.org

She talked about her activities in the social media – and countless young people from all over the world followed her.

In the meantime, more than one and a half million young people worldwide have joined the movement – drawing the attention of politics and society to the protection of the earth, to the preservation of creation. Numerous pupils and students have been on strike on many places on the world for climate protection for weeks on Fridays.

*Berlin* – *(c) https://www.euronews.com*

To spread their message, “Fridays for Future” depends on the media, not only on television but also via the power of pictures.

P2 – Develope ideas using lens-based technologies

Pictures of demonstrations broadcasted in medias show mostly, that they have been taken with wide angle lenses to illustrate the crowd of participants. Exposure settings concentrate on the well illumination of any sings, labels and plates to transfer the content visually. The photographer benefits from daylight which comes from behind of the side of the lens.

Climate Change Demonstration in London

The 20.09.2019 was a day of global activism for a change of climate politics. My son’s school was aware that some of their pupils went to go on strike and skipped school in order to participate in demonstrations to contribute to climate protection. The school was pleased about the awareness and commitment their pupils demonstrate and that the project was widely supported by their parents. We both went to London by public transport after I asked his school for permission to finish school earlier.

During the demonstration I was able to take some pictures of participants. Light conditions were ideally to well expose plates from demonstrantors.