Edinburgh Art Festival

10/08/2017

Edinburgh Art Festival

One of the many brilliant festivals that happens in August in Edinburgh, is the Art Festival.  This year, I was  invited to photograph the opening event, “By leaves we live…not the jingling of our coins…” by Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich.

The Dragon of Greed and Private Ownership on the Royal Mile

The Dragon of Greed and Private Ownership

The event comprised a giant inflatable dragon (The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership) in a procession around Edinburgh City Centre. Led by musicians and costumed performers, the event certainly caught the attention of everyone in the city and was a rousing start to the festival.

Musicians leading the procession up the steps

The procession leading the Dragon

The Dragon of Greed and Private Ownership

Looking into the mouth of the dragon.

The procession on the Royal Mile

The procession up Edinburgh’s Royal Mile

The Dragon deflated

Slaying the dragon

Men positioning the Dragon

The dragon at Trinity Apse for the remainder of the Festival.

The Dragon at rest