Yesterday was the 30th Annual Human Rights Festival in Athens, Ga. I was asked to shoot it for the Banner-Herald. Athens has a lot of festivals, so I wasn’t sure what to expect before I got there. Some of the festivals, like the Twilight Criterium (here and here) are massively huge. Others, like this one turn out to be fairly small.
I tended to focus on the kids because thats where the most activity was. The adult area was fairly empty while the bands played and the speakers spoke. That isn’t to say there was no one there, but they were mostly just standing around.
I think I forgot my notepad at the office, so some of these won’t have full captions until later tonight.
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| Hanna Sidd puts together a rigatoni necklace at the 30th Annual Human Rights Festival. |
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| Sara Hastie has her face painted at the festival. Is it just me, or does it look like the painter choking her? |
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| Alvaro Villaveces was pretty difficult to understand, but I’m about 85% certain he said, “this baby is stale.” The other strange thing was that The Athens Right to Life table was actually in the childrens’ area. I heard some parents making some comments about it among themselves, but there wasn’t a confrontation about it or anything. |
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| Mike Copas walks around the festival grounds soliciting donations. Copas was a cofounder of the festival. |
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| The memorial for Capt. Hayes N. Clayton is part of a larger display outside of The Grill on Saturday at the Human Rights Festival. |
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