Hi-res version at Lightbox Photo Archive. Image copyright Simon Kirwan – www.the-lightbox.com 2009

Hi-res version at Lightbox Photo Archive. Image copyright Simon Kirwan – www.the-lightbox.com 2009

George Galloway, Respect Meeting, Liverpool 07.02.06 – Photographs : Simon Kirwan – www.the-lightbox.com

Hi-res version at Lightbox Photo Archive. Image copyright Simon Kirwan – www.the-lightbox.com 2009

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George Galloway Addresses Respect Meeting,
originally uploaded by lightboxuk.

George Galloway, MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, addresses a meeting of the Respect coalition at Liverpool’s Gladstone Hotel, 07.02.2006.

George Galloway has become something of a figure of fun since his antics in Celebrity Big Brother, but he is one of the most recognised politicians in the UK since appearing on the show, so I considered him a valid subject for the assignment. I originally posted the image in black & white, but as Getty seem to only use colour, I re-posted the colour version. I tried to utilise the railings in the background to create a graphic effect, perhaps to invoke the bars of the cell he was held in, during his recent trip to Egypt. I selected a frame with the hand close into his body to allow a picture editor to crop in tight if required.