While Lenin's ghost still dominated the political world of Prague, the death of John Lennon in 1980 was met with a spontaneous challenge to the authorities... nightly, an otherwise unremarkable wall in Prague was suddenly covered by memorial graffiti, from "All You Need is Love" to "Imagine" to the peace symbol... and day after day it was painted over by those authorities, only to be repainted in graffiti again that night. Until and since independence in 1989, the "Lennon Wall" was a place for many to gather and share in the spirit that John Lennon inspired.
This gallery is dedicated to my cousin, Gary Dickens and his son, John Lennon Dickens.
