From the anti-nuke campaigns of the ’80s, through the so-called “antiglobalization” marches of the 90s and early 2000s, to rallies against the Iraq War and recent environmental and social justice causes, I document the “faces of resistance.”
Bill Jones, Pachedaht Land Defender, 2021
Respect Your Elders, Fairy Creek Blockade, 2021
Rock & Roll Wisdom
I Want a Future
Cherry Tree Jesus, Vancouver, 1983
A bearded man perches in a cherry blossom tree at an anti-nuclear protest in Vancouver, BC, 1983
Social Justice Campaigner Harry Leslie Smith, Victoria, 2015
Freda Huson, Unis’tot’en, Wet’suwet’en
Doug Dan, St’át’imc Resistance, Cayoosh Creek, 2002
Peace Under Burrard Bridge, Vancouver, 1986
Nonnie Emma Matthews with granddaughter Traci Bedard and Dan Helmer, Vancouver, January 15, 1986,
South Moresby Caravan returns to Vancouver, January 15, 1986.
CIA Whistleblower John Stockwell, 1991
Militarized Police, Seattle, November 30, 1999
Police confront protestors at the "Battle of Seattle, November 30, 1999
Militarized Police II, Quebec City, 2001
José Bové, French Farmer, Politician & Syndicalist, 2001
Jose Bove with pipe
Arthur Manuel, First Nations Activist
Xhopakelxhit, Ancestral Pride, 2012
Unplug Big Brother, 2015
Svend Robinson, Politician, Protests Desert Storm War, 1991
Brought To You By Our Sponsors, 2015 (Resisting Security Bill C-51)
Ken Wu, Environmentalist
Will Koop, Water Campaigner, BC Tapwater Alliance, 2001
Betty Krawczyk, Direct-Action Forest Campaigner, 2001
Paul George, founder of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2001
Joe Foy, Campaign Director, Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2001
What Is This Softness? Anti-G8 Protest, Vancouver, 2002
An Army Of Principles, Quebec City, 2001
Protesters, Anti-War Rally, Vancouver, 2003
The Emperor Has No Clothes, Vancouver, 2003
Noam Chomsky, 2004
Rebel Girl (Infernal Noise Brigade), Battle of Seattle, November 30, 1999
Paul Watson at the Bridge, MV Farley Mowat, 2004
Capitalism = Disease, Anti-G8 Protest, Vancouver, 2002
Breach, Anti-FTAA Demonstration, Quebec City, April 2001
James Quatell, Kwakwaka’wakw, Victoria, Aug. 31, 2017
Hereditary Chief George Quocksister, Victoria, Aug. 31, 2017
Can photojournalism ever be considered impartial, should its practitioners aspire to be apolitical? » Raymond Parker Photography - […] Faces of Resistance […]September 30, 2019 – 11:57 am
Olav - Wonderful images!September 27, 2019 – 9:37 am
Ricardo Soler Fischmann - Congratulations Raymond for your web and blog. An excellent and fine contribución to our passion for Photography.May 10, 2016 – 5:38 pm
Raymond Parker - Thank you very much, Ricardo. I have dedicated much of my life to this passion, inspired by those who came before me to explore the wonderful study of fleeting light and the ever-changing world it illuminates.May 10, 2016 – 10:53 pm