This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Hague Appeal for Peace and everything that happened (and didn’t) as part of that event and since, I decided to post some of my pictures from that adventure.
In my post on being an activist back in March I mentioned attending the Hague Appeal and the peace walk that followed. I was part of a delegation from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; a group mostly made up of college students and a few older high school students, along with a few adults who handled the logistics and kept us on track more or less.
I have ten boxes of slides, and a few years ago I scanned them as best I could but frankly the scans aren’t great. The slides, which were more than ten years old at the time, had already started to fade and color shift as a result of their age. I did some color correction as I prepped them for this, but I also like the feel of some being somewhat faded and shifted with time. There are shared here full frame, and some are roughly cropped, but none carefully realigned. Since they are now pushing twenty I decided that I wanted to leave them all at or near full size and try to capture a bit of the way I saw the world then, and less of how I would edit it now. I like the rough visual feel they have as part of reflected on partially faded memories.
That trip was an important few weeks in my life, and I’ve been having a great time going back through the pictures. If you were with me on that trip and wonder if I have other pictures of you kicking around I might so send me a note and I’ll try to see what’s around and sent some your way.
Kofi Annan speaking at a lectern.
Picture of Aung San Suu Kyi projected on a screen.
A signature says: Invisible war of Chernobyl – is it ‘Peaceful’ atom – MUST be NOTICED AND STOPPED We want to Live. Signed by The Children of Chernobyl Minsk
People marching with banner.
Two women kneeling to sign the banner against nuclear weapons on the Balkins.
A cloth banner with a message in Russian and English calling for restraint in the Balkins.
Four monks in orange walking with a banner and drums.
Peace Palace, which is a large simple looking building with large clock tower on the left.
People gathered in front of the gates of the Peace Palace with several Hiroshima survivors featured.
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My shadow projected across a large open space.
Backpacks, program guide, canvas bag, and stuffed dog ‘Wayne’
Sun setting over the North Sea with bright colors in the sky and waves visible on the water.
Group of three young people. Two women and a man. Wayne sitting on one girl’s shoulder.
Demond Tutu in a silly pose as people snap pictures.
Banner nearly as wide as two road lanes which reads: 2000 Walk for Nuclear Disarmament The Hague –> Brussels 16-30 May 99
A bike with a peace dove flag flying in the breeze by a lake at sunset.
A wet older man standing in front of the water cannon truck with lots of younger people on the ground around him.
Stuffed dog on a cutting board with bread and jam nearby.
People walking in the road with buildings of Nato visible in the background.
A die in, with lots of people laying in the road as if killed by some far off blast.
A dog sleeping in the grass.
A little girl on rollerblades whispering in her mother’s ear, both wearing brightly color outfits.
A group of marchers walking along the edge of a large green field.
Young Indian man carrying a UN flag in his backpack as he walks.
A man with a flag standing in front of a blue van.
Man with a flag by a blue van.
A group of Indian men in green and white walking over a bridge above the photographer.
A juggler riding on their partner’s shoulders as they walked.
Three young teenagers chalking in the street in front of Nato.
A woman serving soup from a large pot on a table setup in a town park.
A large group sitting in a field having a meeting.
A naked man walking around in front of a line of police.
Two police officers with cameras behind a wire barricade chatting and smiling.
Riot police, and other officers in the shade talking with protesters.
The backs of a line of police with black uniforms and white helmets.
A group of people sitting on the ground with their hands linked together.
People sitting on the ground with arms linked while some others stand around looking tough.
Several quakers from PYM posing for a picture in a park.
Raelian protesters with signs in English and French that read: No Cause Justifies Violence
Stuffed dog resting in a sneaker.
A group of people walking into a town with peace signs waving in the breeze.
A Japanese man speaking at a microphone in front of a truck with a woman speaking at another mic.
Tents setup in a field
Water cannon truck firing on a crowd hunkered down.
Water cannon firing on a group on the ground while other watch.
A stuffed dog with an orange and german chocolate bar wrapper.
Desmond Tutu gesturing as he speaks in a crowded room.
Mounted police walking passed a car and building.
Man with a large motor cycle parked on a lawn.
A group of men with drums in an indoor space doing a show.
