Student Protest and Post Secret

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I decided to document the rise in student fees protest in my local town through photographs. To me this is a prime example of the power of the media and the natural instinct of people to go along with the crowd, very literally in this case. I was able to speak to some of the students about exactly why they had chosen to conform to this protest and unfortunately the general consensus proved that the majority had a very limited understanding of the subject at hand and were merely revelling in the excitement of being absent form college and marching and chanting down the street. I've merged these pictures with some of the post secrets to portray how sometimes you need to look deeper to see what people are really thinking. The styles used have been influenced by artists such as Gillian Wearing, Blek le Rat and Banksy.