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...
Some interesting East-meets-West clothing combinations, such as the Fan Man.
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.
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.
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.
This guy surveying the scene sums it up for me pretty well.
