Vancouver 2010

The Olympic circus is here - this is a selection of the festivities through my lens. Enjoy!




The Olympic flame - safely kept away from the marauding crowds behind a lovely chain link fence.




Large sections of Granville St and Robson St are closed to vehicle traffic, returning the streets to the people - and the people are making their claim. I personally think that most of Granville and Robson should be permanently closed to car traffic, the footpaths widened and just allow buses to run up the middle.




And the climax of Stephen Colbert's second day of filming by False Creek - giving in to the crowd's chant of "Ride the Moose! Ride the Moose! Ride the Moose!". He took it one step forward by waving the Canadian flag around too. Classic. Can't wait to see the show next week!

Post-gallery photo-walk

So after an evening spent admiring the magnificent work of Andreas Gursky at the Vancouver Art Gallery (my favourite was Engadin II, an incredible shot of a cross-country ski race), I headed out onto the darkening streets of Vancouver...


Love the juxtaposition


BC Lions fans heading home


The older district of Beatty St, quite a contrast to Yaletown


I kind of had an aim to find a shot to add to the Film Noir Mood Flickr group and this was best I could come up with. I quite like the pool of light on the street corner. However, it didn't get approved - better luck next time, I guess.