- Free tibet! - luke shore
- beautiful! - alsitry
- It would be a nice portrait too! - Ber-ANGE
Olympic torch rally, London: Free Tibet Protest
(c) Kaustav Bhattacharya 2008 - All rights reserved.
A dramatic scene as Tibetan supporters hold up flags and shout and scream "Free Tibet" at the top of their voices.
Photos can provoke such powerful opinions. I'd just like to say that I'm neither in support of or against the whole "free Tibet" argument. I think it's sad that the Olympic Games are being hijacked by political agendas. At the end of the day I'm just a photographer and I like to cover current affairs events in the city I live in. I went to this event and as I was walking around I noticed these people and thought it would make a great photo, however it's in no way reflective of my opinion on the Tibet issue but I hope you do like the photo!
Listen to my audio recording from the London Olympic torch rally.
Comments and faves
© sourav's, guano, Lo M, Anoop Negi, and 157 other people added this photo to their favorites.
© sourav's (51 months ago | reply)
wonderful
Kaustav Bhattacharya (51 months ago | reply)
Thanks kd. It was a wonderful day as well. A lot of vibrant energy, anger and joy all rolled in to one mass of people!
Anoop Negi (51 months ago | reply)
Absolutely stunning capture.
Thank you for being there and shooting this !
lotu's (51 months ago | reply)
Amazing picture!
Thank you
carlos jm (51 months ago | reply)
yes,free tibet!!!
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AshMont (51 months ago | reply)
powerful photo
JAIRO BD (51 months ago | reply)
Free tibet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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graphiste (51 months ago | reply)
English :
The Beijing Olympic flame went out in Paris on April 7, 2008.
Fundamental Principles of Olympism :
The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man,
with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity
French :
La flamme olympique s'est éteinte a Paris le 7 avril 2008.
Principes fondamentaux de l’Olympisme :
"Le but de l’Olympisme est de mettre le sport au service du développement harmonieux de
l’homme en vue de promouvoir une société pacifique,soucieuse de préserver la dignité humaine. "(Charte olympique - Article 2)
MoJoski. (51 months ago | reply)
不知道英国政府养你们这些除了分裂中国什么事也不干的废物要花多少钱
ableiam@yahoo.cn (51 months ago | reply)
西藏谁不老实收拾谁！
zhc_bupt (51 months ago | reply)
一个个的不老实 等着挨收拾吧
Chris Herzog (51 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
Cuckphoto [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
That is amazing. So Powerful! Free Tibet!!!
-LucaM- Photography WWW.LUCAMOGLIA.IT (51 months ago | reply)
great photo I like it!
congrats!
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ivann_lamy (51 months ago | reply)
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Merci, thanks, gracias.
zhuchenyang1981 (51 months ago | reply)
Tibet has been free . You
Mink (51 months ago | reply)
Great coverage esp w/ the audio
Saeid Aghaei (51 months ago | reply)
very Great picture, thats a Icon.
thanks.
Free Tibet! (shame on some ..!)
luke shore (51 months ago | reply)
I have used this for the group Free Tibet!'s icon plz contact me if u r unhappy with this
Dreamzzzz.... (51 months ago | reply)
great cause...n great support
Chris Farrugia (chrisfarrugia.net) (51 months ago | reply)
Impressive picture!
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shuma.rani (51 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture :)
Thomas Touch (51 months ago | reply)
Do you really want Tibet free? Do not take others lives for GOD'S sake.
AGrinberg (51 months ago | reply)
What a great shot, no matter what your beliefs.
Beba S (51 months ago | reply)
Sure, free Tibet and never give freedom to Northern Ireland.And how about to give freedom to Iraq and Avganistan.
Kaustav Bhattacharya (51 months ago | reply)
Photos can provoke such powerful opinions! Thanks for all your comments. I'd just like to say that I'm neither in support for or against the whole "free Tibet" argument. I think it's sad that the Olympic Games are being hijacked by political agendas. At the end of the day I'm just a photographer and I like to cover current affairs events in the city I live in. I went to this event and as I was walking around I noticed these people and thought it would make a great photo. Evidently, a lot of people think it is a good photo but it's in no way reflective of my opinion on the Tibet issue.
It's very easy for someone thousands of miles away to make an ill informed (or partially informed) opinion on global and geo-political issues but I've always found the only real way to have a true opinion on these sort of things is to GO TO the country about which you have an opinion and experience things first hand. Only then can you appreciate the true dynamics of the country or the local region and only then can you truly see the ground reality. To pass judgment whilst sitting in ones own gleaming ivory tower is very easy but whilst we live in our cosy and safe confines, there is a whole different world out there - most probably a world we've never touched, smelt, listened to or experienced. Assumptions can be misconstrued and opinions can be flawed and so my strong belief is that until and unless you've placed yourself squarely in the middle of a situation (all be it in a safe way, I would guess) any opinion is open to fair and legitimate criticism - but it you've genuinely understood the dynamics of a geo-political situation first hand from the people it directly effects, then you have every right to air your arguably more accurate opinion.
etjesse (51 months ago | reply)
I respect the photographer for solely aesthetic view. Never take art for the purpose of politics please, as never take Olympics for the purpose of political dispute. And I also agree that the only way to have a true opinion is to GO TO the country and see what really happens there, instead of just sit there and think that it is fun or I am doing something of integrity for God's sake. You will never know how poor their lives used to be a decade ago, and how poor their lives would be without the economic and social support of Chinese government, because it is the highest plateau of the world and the climate there is severe, so Tibet province does not have modern and reasonable economic approach to help the people there to pursuit better lives. The Chinese government spent billions to build the railway and airport so Tibet can rely more on the other provinces of China to develop its economy. You must feed yourselves and survive before asking high level needs, and the government is just trying to give their people decent lives. Do not talk about human rights all day long, you have to be human before talking about that, and human need food and shelters. Come to Tibet and see if CNNs or BBCs are covering the truth!
xwelhamite (51 months ago | reply)
Delhi is aflutter as it waits for the Olympic flame. India bears the brunt of being butted up against China. Any irritability with the Indian government and the Indian ambassador is summoned at 2 am. India is home to the largest expat Tibetan population because of its proximity to the borders of Tibet and this population continues to grow. China has made significant incursions into Indian territory in the past and shows no signs of handing it back to us...stand back and not take a stance? Stand back and have academic debates about olympic values when human lives are being snuffed out like pinching ants off the surface of the table. In these so called modern times, we still have regimes that dont value human lives and dignity and this is just one more example of that barbarism practised by a callous government.
choe_dharma (51 months ago | reply)
freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tibettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
China go out from Tibet
wzy890510 (50 months ago | reply)
Hello guys,it`s really jokey .You know nothing about what happened in Tibet of China.Your media fooled by dalai,so do you do. All you saw in your media is provided by dalai who is a politician more than a shaman.
You have no qualifications to criticize if you do not know the truth. China is free,but not so free that can kill people on the street like the dalai did in 14 March,if you like this kind of free,I feels sorry. If you really wanna konw what is true, www.anti-cnn.com would tell you.
Welcome to China to see the real one.Seeing is believeing.
ALL YOU SAW IS LIES FOR POLITICS.
astroJR (50 months ago | reply)
wzy890510, your anti-cnn is pure, vulgar, Stalin-like propaganda. China is not free, as for example there is a huge censorship of any external information, and no pluralism. How do you think you can see anything when all the information is filtered ? When I hear "free Tibet", I always think to add "free China". A simple nationalist fight for Tibet would be an error, the negation of human rights is effective in all China, and the colonialist policy in Tibet is just one part of it.
Free Tibet ! Free China ! Negociations for the autonomy of Tibet, freedom of speech and freedom of information for all China.
(and sorry for my bad english)
Anoop Negi (50 months ago | reply)
At the Free Tibet !! flickr group, we have just started a thread to showcase the photographs that visually represent the PROTEST going on against the Chinese Government oppression.
www.flickr.com/groups/freetibet/discuss/72157 604495874625
You are requested to post this photograph into the above thread. (Please copy and paste the HTML )
Please do read the guidelines.
TIA
'Wei' (50 months ago | reply)
Didn't you see the Chinese boy in front of them? This boy was standing in the ice of the fountain. You have a 'nice' choice of shooting, though it'd be more interesting to show them both. I don't want to ruin Flickr with Tibet issue, and I am not against you, but I am against Free-tibet shits. Ask yourself how much you know about Tibet then talk about it.
Kaustav Bhattacharya (50 months ago | reply)
Hi Wei_19, thanks for you feedback. I was actually way over on the other side of the square and all I could see over the top of peoples heads was this scene so I must have totally missed the young lad who was standing below them. On my side of the square I also saw a Chinese man chasing a Tibetan flag waver around the other fountain and eventually the flag waver fell in. It was all very funny and taken in good spirit by everyone, even the man who got wet!
I refer you to my previous comment.
www.flickr.com/photos/astrolondon/2396265240/ comment72157...
tct862000 (50 months ago | reply)
to all brain-washed by western media, you know nothing what is going on in Tibet. So mind your own business and "STOP" following this sudden hot trend of supporting Tibet for no real reason, even tho. I know you are having fun in trying to destroy the upcoming olympic in China.
♣ tomoeb ♥ (50 months ago | reply)
As a citizen in Beijing,all of us look forward to hold of the 29th Olympic Games. However,in the moment of truth, Dalai Clique makes incident so as to disturb society of china. Please, every foreigner and my dear friends do not be cheated by Dalai Clique. We will try our best to hold Beijing Olympics, and will not let any friendly foreigners to despair.
Chinese and the government of china in no case allow the success of the ambition of Dalai Clique, Who tried to demolish the unification of china. Please do not agree with any ideas or actions about independence of Tibet.
TeddieLux (50 months ago | reply)
Great shot! Very good capture of the then and there.
Here are some more photos from the Paris leg of the Olympic flame relay:
www.flickr.com/photos/teddies/2413701537/
'Wei' (50 months ago | reply)
Hi, Kaustav Bhattacharya! I've read your previous comment - I agree with you on the points you have. The problem is people don't always have chance to see the reality but they never stop imagining about 'reality', and they are too 'brave' to believe in themselves, which is sad. I saw this photo in 'Free Tibet' stream thus judged you're pro-them though you're actually neutral (but perhapses it should not belong there as your point of view doesn't?) . Sorry if I offended you.
RV.AB2C (50 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Beijing Olympic Games 2008, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
M Sharma (50 months ago | reply)
Hi - thanks for leaving comment on this photo. Yes, we do seem to have some shots with very similar angles indeed. Here's another one ! Yours is an equally good photo i think, perhaps bit better than mine actually! I seem to have accidentally left the shutter on slow speed so the water appears to be slightly blurred in some of them. Well done!
Btw whilst I was here, noticed you have an interest in astronomy, well guess what so do I. Great minds etc. etc... i guess! Ha-ha. :-)
gocn2008 (50 months ago | reply)
Now more and more governments are interested in other governments' business !
I ask everyone!
When your neighbor comes to your home to tell you what you should do what you can't do,Do you like that?
Now Germany, France and America are China's neighbors!
They tell China's government what they can do and what they can not do!
Chinese people like that?
of course NOT!
Every country has different situations!
If China likes the developed country, they shouldn't do like that!
But in face China is only a developing country!
the populaction of china is 1300000000 ! Is there a developed country has so much populaction?
And China is a ancient country so they have much ancient thoughts which is different from other countries!
At last I want to ask the supporter who wants to free tibet that have you ever been to China!
If not I honestly invite you to come to China to see the real country!
not to see China in your nation media! Because every media may not absolotely true!
I honestly wait for you, and best wishes for you.
dfu2000 (50 months ago | reply)
Don't understand why you French guys has so much sympathy towards Tibet terrorists? Crazy. Those mobs/monks set fire to schools and hospitals in China, and should be put to prison and got punished.
Let me know if you are happy to see people using terrorist means to get Corsica independent from France?
Da-Lai is a nasty guy trying to pretend as an innocent monk - take a look at the www.dalai-liar.com/ to see other views and opinions.
Dennis
RV.AB2C (50 months ago | reply)
@ dfu2000 : To speak true, France is a not a dictatorship. France did not invade Corsica and France does not torture Corsican people because a minority of them would like to be independent. France does respect Human Rights in Corsica. Do you really believe that you can compare Corsica and Tibet ? Do you really believe that you can compare France and China ? If you really do, you need help.
幼峰™ (50 months ago | reply)
藏独分子的野心是不会成功的。北京奥运会会成功举办
幼峰™ (50 months ago | reply)
Wonderlane (50 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called STAND UP FOR TIBET!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
RV.AB2C (50 months ago | reply)
打开你心目中的自由。
KarmenRose (50 months ago | reply)
What a fantastic shot.