“Photographer and investigative journalist Marc Vallée on protests, breaking stories and police poundings” – ideastap.com
The nice folks at Ideas Tap interviewed me last week about my work and here it is. You have to sign up to view it or you could click here.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.03.10. A man wearing a balaclava joins members of the far right English Defence League to demonstrate in support of the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders on Friday 5 March 2010 in London, England. Wilders – who has been banned from the UK in the past by the Home Office – had been invited by of the UK Independence party leader Lord Pearson to screen his anti-Islam film at the House of Loads. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.
“Geert Wilders anti-Islam film gets House of Lords screening” – The Guardian.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.03.10. Anti-fascist campaigns protests against the far right English Defence League and the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders on Friday 5 March 2010 in London, England. Wilders – who has been banned from the UK in the past by the Home Office – had been invited by of the UK Independence party leader Lord Pearson to screen his anti-Islam film at the House of Loads. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 29.01.10. Anti-war protesters congregate outside the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre on Friday 29 January 2010 in London, England. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to be questioned for six hours by the inquiry – lead by Sir John Chilcot – on the United Kingdom decision to invade Iraq. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.
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Publications: Front cover of Cultures Of Resistance magazine, Winter 2009/2010. Link. (PDF)
Above is a tearsheet of the front cover of Cultures Of Resistance magazine – my 2005 picture of a Hizb ut-Tahrir protest (below) was used on both the front a back of the magazine.
The magazine has a very interesting feature article on the government’s Preventing Violent Extremism programme (Prevent) which my picture goes with. Prevent we are told is a “community-led approach to tackling violent extremism” but Arun Kundnani makes the case it has in effect become “the government’s Islam Policy” and that it’s not working – well worth a read.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 10.12.05. Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir – a right-wing Islamists political party – demonstrate on Satuardy 10 December 2005 in London, England. The demonstration was called to protest against anti-terror laws and other government proposals which they claim attack all Muslims. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2005.
Publication: Huck Magazine, October 2009.
A brief and selected review of 2009 – in no particular order.
Documenting political dissent, front page investigations, press freedom, Section 76, photographers rights, Section 44, the G20, a good day, a bad day, media interviews, winning an award, a face for radio, suing the Met (again), thinking about space, police surveillance, Huck Magazine, death threats, lunch, photographers organising, the Frontline Club, skateboarding, protest boys, looking back, Twitter, McCarthyite games & thinking about far off lands.
All said and done 2009 was a full on year. One wonders what 2010 has in store?
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 27.12.09. Part of a 300 strong protest of Palestinians and supporters – outside the Israeli Embassy on Sunday 27 December 2009 in London, England. Demonstrators congregated to protest against the Israeli economic blockade of the Gaza Strip and to mark the one year anniversary of the assault on Gaza by Israeli forces which killed hundreds of civilians including women and children. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
“One year on, we need progress in Gaza” – The Observer.
“Gaza ceasefire in jeopardy as six Palestinians are shot” – The Guardian.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 13.12.09. A CCTV camera in front of Harrow Centre Mosque before a protest organized by the far right ‘Stop the Islamisation of Europe’ group is held on Sunday 13 December 2009 London, England. Hundreds of police officers surrounded Harrow Civic Centre, Harrow Central Mosque and Harrow and Wealdstone Station to prevent clashes between members of the English Defence League and anti-fascist campaigners. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 13.12.09. Members of the English Defence League (EDL) speak to the media on a demonstration organised by a group called ‘Stop the Islamisation of Europe’ in Harrow on Sunday 13 December 2009 in north-west London, England. Hundreds of police officers surrounded the Harrow Civic Centre car park, Harrow Central Mosque and Harrow and Wealdstone Station to prevent clashes between the EDL and around 250 anti-fascist campaigners. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.12.09. A young man joins tens of thousands of people marching in central London calling for world leaders to agree a deal to protect the environment on Saturday 5 December 2009 in London, England. The Copenhagen climate change summit takes place from 7-18 December 2009. Delegations from 192 countries will be in Copenhagen for two weeks of talks aimed at paving the way for a new global treaty on climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.12.09. Actor Peter Capaldi – who plays Malcolm Tucker in ‘The Thick of It’ – joins tens of thousands of people marching in central London calling for world leaders to agree a deal to protect the environment on Saturday 5 December 2009 in London, England. The Copenhagen climate change summit takes place from 7-18 December 2009. Delegations from 192 countries will be in Copenhagen for two weeks of talks aimed at paving the way for a new global treaty on climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
Here is a slideshow of pictures from the Youth Fight for Jobs protest yesterday.
“Young protesters march for jobs” – BBC News.
“Youth Fight for Jobs” – youthfightforjobs.com
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.11.09. Unemployed people, students, union activists and socialist campaigners – from across the UK – congregate in central London to demonstrate and demand jobs as the rate of youth unemployment stands at a record high on Saturday 28 November 2009 in London, England. Unemployment in the UK totalled 2.46 million in the three months to September. Youth unemployment – measuring the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work – rose by 15,000 to 943,000. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 02.04.09. A City of London police inspector orders the media to leave the area as police ‘kettle” protesters outside the Bank of England on Thursday 2 April 2009 in London, England. The police officer ordered members of the media to leave the area for 30 minutes under the threat of arrest by citing Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. The protesters had congregated to mark the death of a man who had died on an anti-G20 protest the day before. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
“Adapting to Protest – Nurturing the British Model of Policing” – inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk
“HMIC press release” – inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk
“‘Aggressive’ policing of protests condemned in post-G20 inquiry” – Paul Lewis, The Guardian.
“Journalists on the G20 front line” – Marc Vallée, The Guardian.
My friend and colleague Paul Lewis writes in The Guardian today, “Senior police officers could lose the consent of the British public unless they abandon misguided approaches to public protests that are considered “unfair, aggressive and inconsistent”, an inquiry has found.”
Paul goes on to say, “Denis O’Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, used a landmark report into public order policing to criticise heavy-handed tactics, which he said threatened to alienate the public and infringe the right to protest.”
Many will welcome the report. But – and its a big but – what impact will this report have on frontline journalists who report and document political dissent in Britain? As the report almost fails to mention photographers and journalists covering protests, I think we will have to wait and see.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 18.05.09. Commander Bob Broadhurst at the NUJ Photographers Conference held at the Institute of Education on Monday 18 May 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.