The magazine of the photo-essay
Feb 2017 back issue
by Maciej Dakowicz
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Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
Cardiff. The capital of Wales. An average British city you could say, but
with one quite unusual street. St Mary Street, by day, is filled with
shoppers, commuters and office workers. Come Saturday night it is
transformed into a thumping party scene. Sooner or later, most alcohol
fuelled fun-seekers end up in one of St Mary Street’s many bars, pubs and
clubs.
Everything takes place in public: drinking, fighting, kissing, crying and
sleeping. There are queues outside popular bars and the security guards
together with police, keep an eye on the whole spectacle.
Supermen chat up Playboy Bunnies, somebody takes a nap on the
pavement, the hungry ones finish their portions of chips, the needy ones
urinate by the wall. Bins overflow and the policemen stop another argument
or fight. Nobody seems to worry about tomorrow, what matters is here and
now. Then a taxi back home if you are lucky to find one, if not a slow drunk walk back. A quiet hungover Sunday and
another week at work or school. Until the next weekend begins....