Freedom Fighter

 November 2016

Photos taken by Alex Yu

After the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1603, English Catholics hoped that her successor, James I, would stop persecuting Catholics, but it didn’t happen. To fight the oppression, in 1605 thirteen rebels planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. One of the team members was Guy Fawkes. However, the plan failed and as a result Guy Fawkes was arrested, tortured, and executed. In spite of his failure, later Guy Fawkes became an icon of just protest and rebellion. In photography whenever models wear cult-like and rebellious clothing, this style is known as Guy Fawkes.