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An ongoing diary of stuff, allsorts, and things wot happen ……
I am a photographer with a special interest to document the lives of travelling people and those attending Festivals, Stonehenge etc, what the press often describe as âNew Age Travellersâ and many social concerns.
With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people engaged in âAlternativesâ, and youthsâ many sub-cultures and to present a more positive view.
I have photographed many free and commercial events and have, in recent years, extended my work to include dance parties (ârave cultureâ), gay-rights events, environmental direct actions, and protest against the Criminal Justice Act and more recently, issues surrounding the Global Capitalism.
Further, police surveillance has recently become a very important subject for me!
In recognition of this work, received a âWinstonâ from Privacy International, at the 1998 âBig Brotherâ Awards. The citation reads: âAlan Lodge is a photographer who has spent more than a decade raising awareness of front-line police surveillance activities, particularly the endemic practice of photographing demonstrators and activistsâ.
I am based in Nottingham, UK.
Quotes & Thoughts
âCowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.â
Martin Luther King Jr.“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love â they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock!!”
Harry Lime [Orsen Wells] The Third Man 1949“Civilization will not attain to its perfection, until the last stone from the last church, falls on the last priest.”
Emile Zola“….I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world.
If you’re out there and you’re not cute, maybe you’re beautiful, I just want to tell you somethin’- there’s more of us ugly mother-fuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now…”
Frank Zappa
Tag Archives: free
Bstorm from Desert Storm Sound System – Full Interview
This is the full, uncut interview filmed for the documentary “F(r)EE – Behind The Scene of the Free Party Culture” in 2017. Watch the documentary here: https://www.docnrollfestival.com/docn… An essential in-depth documentary on the European free party tekno scene; from Desert … Continue reading
Zine :: Castlemorton Common. May 1992
[A5 40 page ] The annual Avon Free Festival which had been occurring in the area around the May bank holiday for several years, albeit in different locations. [Inglestone, Sodbury Commons etc]. However, 1992 was the year Avon and Somerset … Continue reading
All Systems No!
Would be nice to see all, the original crew, but don’t know how I’m going to get on with stairs at The Angel etc … on crutches ffs đ With my creakiness. some might still be strong young men amongst … Continue reading
I asked Gemini AI, to produced an ‘Artist Statement’ for me.
For an artist statement for Alan Lodge (often known as “Tash”), the tone needs to be a blend of documentary grit, social activism, and a deep-seated respect for alternative lifestyles. His work isn’t just about taking pictures; itâs about bearing … Continue reading
How the Sound Sanctuary is keeping Notts ravers safe
Words:Â Rose Mason . Illustrations:Â Lily Keogh Thursday 18 September 2025 A lover of music and the underground rave scene, Magda realised the parties they were attending were under-delivering on safety. In 2023, they began The Sound Sanctuary: a travelling stand, a bunch … Continue reading
Nottingham Green Festival
A diminished event after problems with the insurance cover
Interview with Stewart Lee for BBC Radio 4 : Artworks What Happened to Counter-Culture?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hkx3 ep. 4. Culture Clash My contribution / interview on Beanfield etc at 25:00 mins More than just a cultural trend â counter-culture became a social movement so powerful it shaped institutions, businesses, politics and the attitudes and aspirations of … Continue reading
Left Lion : Smokescreen DiY Sound Systems
Castlemorton picture in the Guardian again today
Castlemorton Common rave, 1992 By Alan âTashâ Lodge This snapshot of gurning ravers was taken at the largest illegal rave in UK history. Alan âTashâ Lodge had been attending free festivals since the 70s. On a sunny bank holiday weekend in … Continue reading
Me in police negotiation mode at Longstock
Me in police negotiation mode at Longstock, Hampshire. Starts at 12:00 mins.
40 Years of the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge: From Anarchy to State Repression to âManaged Open Accessâ
Please support my work as a reader-funded investigative journalist, commentator and activist. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. To celebrate the summer solstice today, I encourage you read my article from June 1, Joys and … Continue reading
Dance in protest: 30 years of the UK’s anti-rave Criminal Justice Bill
DJmag HAROLD HEATH 1 May 2024, 14:30 1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music â rave music, âwholly or predominantly categorised … Continue reading
Lecture 2 Festivals Events 400 pics. 60mins
Festivals, Travellers, Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Free Party, Music, Environmental Protest, Reclaim the Street, Unions, Civil Disobedience, Policemen and …….. Lecture Slideshow 2 60mins. 400 pics / 9 sec change
How DiY Sound System blazed a trail for the ’90s free party movement
Throughout the â90s, the DiY Sound System put on countless free events, ran a recording studio and two record labels, and took their hedonistic parties around the world. Here, Harold Heath speaks to co-founder Harry Harrison about his new book, … Continue reading
Doing it for Yourself, DJ magazine. December 1992
Doing It for Yourself DJ Magazine 10-31 December 1992 From their inaugural party (Harryâs birthday) just over three years ago DIY havegrown from a core of three or four into an extended posse that numbers over 100. The 30 or … Continue reading
“ITâS NEVER TOO FAR”: THE INSIDE STORY OF CASTLEMORTON â HISTORY’S MOST INFAMOUS RAVE
Read an excerpt from DiY founder Harry Harrison’s new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The story of DiY Soundsystem Never has there been a more turbulent time in UK politics than in the 1980s. Through a new era of young ravers … Continue reading
