Stonehenge Festival 84 - Aerial Shots

Although some (police, local authority, farmers etc etc) have held these photographs of the site as being evidence of the damage we cause by attending events at Stonehenge. Personally, I feel they are proof positive, of many thousands of people, co-operating in arranging thier lives for community benefit. No leaders, no site plan. Just identified common needs and a capacity to 'work it out'. Look in closer, loads of room, lack of litter, trackways for the public to navigate about, trade enabled. Fire, ambulance and welfare teams found very easy access. Compare and contrast with the set-up at Glastonbury.

This is Anarchy in action. and i say it worked!

Stonehenge was built by the ancient peoples of our land, several thousand years ago. The monument played a very significant part in their lives, being used for social and religious gatherings. More recently the stones have seen a revival of celebrations taking place, and the circle is once more a living monument. In 1985 the modern free festival was stopped, in a now famous violent confrontation. My work is dedicated to those who wish to see the circle remain a gathering place of the people, rather than having it put away in a glass case as an archeological exhibit.