A day of contrasts

ByJohn

This morning, I went from shooting photos of cute, excited kids and tall ships:

Russian Tall Ship: Kruzenshtern

Russian Tall Ship: Kruzenshtern

to shooting photos of Police and SWAT teams dispersing crowds during a protest march that turned violent.

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

Robson Street Protests

I missed the window smashing and crowd control (I was taking photos of the ship in North Vancouver at the time) but suffice to say, these Olympics have been anything but boring.

My Flickr sets for the Tall Ship and the Robson Street Protests.

This post has also appeared on Vancouver Access and the Vancouver Sun/Canada.com’s VanFans2010 site.

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