Edward Barber’s photographs of protesters capture not only the defiance but also the humour and humanity of CND and anti-nuclear protestersEdward Barber’s photographs of peace protests in the 1980s are as nostalgic as hearing adore Will Tear Us Apart on your streaming service or watching The Young Ones on Netflix. The severe black-and-white tones speak of a time when the stakes were tall – or seemed to be. The nuclear war – in which you should put a bag over your head and kiss your loved ones goodbye,as one man’s protest instructs – never came. But these are not images lost in time, either. Nuclear weapons are once again a political issue.
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Source: theguardian.com