The Police guitarist has been taking photographs since 1979. Here he discusses the risks he took capturing ‘one of the most impressive religious events on the planet’
Photograph: Andy SummersPhotograph: Andy Summersf you didn’t know the meaning behind this image, you might feel threatened or scared by it. It looks very sinister. But it’s nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan or anything like that. It’s about intense religious feeling. I shot it in Seville, Spain. I went there in April 2019, specifically to experience Semana Santa, their Holy Week: seven days of deeply religious ceremonies and rituals.
I think this is a very powerful image. Loaded with people in sinister-looking costumes, it has an element of confrontation. The fact that I managed to get right in front of them, with the leader as focal point, amazes me. I was going mad that night trying to get photographs from every aspect. Thecame to a certain point in the parade and as they stopped, I got down on my knees in front of them. They weren’t posing – I was very naughty and got right in the middle of the street to get this shot.
I’ve done photography all over the world. Wherever you go, you have to strap on your sense of adventure and accept a little bit of risk. You need to have some balls – you’ll miss otherwise. But that’s part of the thrill. During all those years – especially in the US, where we rose to superstardom – I photographed the whole thing from the inside. We went all over and I’d go out photographing “weird America”, as we called it – all the stuff out in the boonies.
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