WINNERS

Hyde Park Speakers' Corner

  • Photographer
    Faruk Ibrahimovic, Bosnia and Herzegowina
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

I read a lot about places worth visiting in London but one attracted my attention-Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner. It has acquired an international reputation due to its tolerance of free speech. Visitors brought along placards, stepladders, and soap boxes in order to stand out from others, while heckling of speakers was popular. Preachers, sect followers, and party members were addressing the audience. Some countries’ flags, or just red ones, were waving. Other visitors carried large placards with interesting messages. Those not interested in speeches walked round, sat, or slept on the grass.