Westminster Abbey, in the cold and the noise

Waiting for the procession to move, hands out of frame
Waiting for the procession to move, hands out of frame
Photographed May 6, 2023

I got into position the night before and stayed there for eleven hours. These are the frames I kept from a day that mostly happened behind stone and glass.

The abbey is a hard room to photograph: gold on every surface, and light that changes with every person who walks through a door.

A page and the clergy, converted to black and white afterwards
A page and the clergy, converted to black and white afterwards
Photographed May 6, 2023
Seated and still while the service carried on around her
Seated and still while the service carried on around her
Photographed May 6, 2023