Saturday, August 08, 2009

Festivals

Last weekend featured both the Powell Street Festival (celebrating Japanese-Canadian culture) and the Vancouver Pride Festival. Both events afforded some good people watching opportunities...


The fan man

Some interesting East-meets-West clothing combinations, such as the Fan Man.


Releasing the child

This little girl was adorable, very interested in everything around her, including a snappy dog. Her Grandma had to continually hold her back, although she is releasing her in this picture.


Taiko

This Taiko drumming performance was impressive. The man on the left with his foot way up in the air was very enthusiastic, and I love the very serious expression on the woman at the front of the line on the right.


Shooting Paris in Tokyo

There was also a Japanese rock band "Paris in Tokyo" performing all sorts of crazy stunts like playing guitars through their legs and behind their backs, but the funniest part of the whole performance was that no one was up close to the stage except for a pack of amateur photographers all doing their best paparazzi impersonations. So naturally, I shot the shooters.


So, moving on to the Pride Festival - unfortunately I missed the parade but there was still the stationary part of the festival to enjoy.

Surveying the Vancouver Pride Festival

This guy surveying the scene sums it up for me pretty well.

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