{"id":905,"date":"2018-02-16T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/?p=905"},"modified":"2018-02-23T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:58:32","slug":"lgbt-history-month-queens-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/2018\/02\/16\/lgbt-history-month-queens-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT History Month &#8211; The Queens Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Queens Tower pink and proud for LGBT month!<\/h2>\n<p>The Queens Tower has turned into a beacon of disco over the South Kensington campus for LGBT history month at Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/02\/180216_queens_tower_lgbt_month_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/02\/180216_queens_tower_lgbt_month_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-907\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LGBT History Month is an initiative that focuses on the celebration and recognition of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people and culture, past and present; increasing the visibility of LGBT histories, lives and their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The Queens Tower has been illuminated in pride colours to celebrate the cause, so I couldn&#8217;t resist heading back up to my spot above the campus to capture a series of images to record this unique event for the image library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/02\/IMG_0348.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-910\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Waiting for it to get dark&#8230; cold, so cold&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>View all the images from this set<\/h3>\n<p>Imperial staff and students can view all the original images featured in the post, along with others from this set on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asset-library.imperial.ac.uk\/assetbank-imperial\/action\/browseItems?categoryId=13173&amp;categoryTypeId=2\">Imperial College London Asset Library.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about Shooting in the Dark<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Photography-tutorials\/Foundations-Photography-Night-Low-Light\/90279-2.html\">Watch a short video exploring shooting at night and in low light on Lynda.com\u00a0<\/a>(College users have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/staff-development\/development-options\/online-resources\/lynda-com\/\">free access to Lynda courses<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens Tower pink and proud for LGBT month! 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