Manchester Pride 2023 unfolded over the August bank holiday in a surge of colour, music and collective energy. From August 25 to 28, the city became a stage for celebration, protest and visibility.

My focus was not just the scale of it, but the people within it. The joy on faces in the parade. The quiet, reflective moments between friends. The performers commanding the stage and the audience responding in kind.

Events like Pride are about atmosphere as much as activity. They demand sensitivity, awareness and respect. As a corporate and event photographer, my role is to document both the spectacle and the substance, creating images that honour identity, community and the shared experience at the heart of it all.