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Act Up protests Gilead's naked greed

Gilead Sciences, Holborn, London. Fri 1 Apr 2016

  
 
 Five 'lobbyists' had letters painted on their backs which they were going to display in the protest by standing naked

 in the window of Gilead's London offices.

 Final preparations for the protes. Those who were taking part in the naked protest inside wore blue gowns

 

 Protesters leave to walk to High Holborn

 Other protestershad placards, posters and two banners

 Some of the 'lobbyists' walked hand in hand

 

 The five 'lobbyists' hold hands as they prepare to walk the last few yards to Gilead's offices

  Protesters walk into the lobby at Gilead's offices
 
And they start to take off their gowns in the window 

reveraling the letters on their backs 

The protest spells out the hashtag #PharmaGreedKills 

reflections in the glass window made the whole message a little difficult to read and photograph 

especially until I asked them to move closer to the window 

 

 

I got the clearest image by concentrating just on the naked backs that spelt out 'GREED' (and some careful post-processing) 
   

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