montreal die-in
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Where I live now I tend to hear about this stuff in advance. visiting my hometown of montreal yesterday I happened upon this mass die-in. I had been spending the day shooting headshots for a good friend when I lucked out on this. they were protesting the death of a cyclist on montreal street by a motorist.
It was incredible. They shut down rue ste. catherine in the late afternoon on a saturday. closed the city for ten minutres.
It was beautiful. I would say that it made a lot of montreal motorists angry, but that would mean the protesters really had no effect.
24 Responses
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On 23 September 2007 Catherine Hadler said:
Fascinating! I hope it makes people think about what they're doing on the roads a bit more :o)
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On 23 September 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
great shot! cities often do a poor job protecting bikers rights
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On 23 September 2007 Vanessa Marie Gonzalez gave props:
I really like it the people standing on the sides of the photo kinda ruined it for me but I know that's not your fault.
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On 24 September 2007 Sean Sullivan said:
this is fantastic
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On 25 September 2007 eva monbert gave props:
nice story, nice pict, very fascinating, yeah, it rocks
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On 26 September 2007 Cristina Cocullo said:
this is an incredible shot, and story... i love it!so lucky to stumble in all this and so good to shoot a great image!
Yeah, it ROCKS! ;-0 -
On 26 September 2007 Denman Scofield said:
Very cool... : )
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On 26 September 2007 A Martin said:
Great photo........interesting story.
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On 27 September 2007 Teresa Nabais said:
Great shot! I live in Montreal. I don't believe I lost this!
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On 30 September 2007 Marie Wilson said:
Another cyclist hit by a truck here in TO this past week. Another fatality. This is a very impressive shot. It rocks.
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On 30 September 2007 Kelsey Conophy said:
very interesting shot
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On 30 September 2007 julia tous said:
So it's pretty obvious already that this picture is amazing. I love the colors, the angle, everything. You had a really lucky opportunity.
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On 4 October 2007 Carl Timpone said:
great concept. awsome shot. i wish i had this many models!!
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On 20 October 2007 Jodie Andrefski gave props:
great example of photojournalism. Super shot.
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On 30 October 2007 Aimee Griffith said:
absolutely amazing! your definitely right about protesters, if they didn't have an inpact than why would they do it?
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On 3 December 2007 Denman Scofield said:
This photo is gonna get published, the right category hasn't come yet, but this photo is a printers WET DREAM!
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On 27 December 2007 judy fouse gave props:
You know, I think the spectators are necessary in this for the message to get across. Spectating, and getting a message across to an audience is what it is all about. I have never heard of such a thing as a 'die in' before but it is a great idea. Great capture.
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On 2 January 2008 maria tizon gave props:
Very lucky indeed to happen upon this. Really well done.
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On 8 January 2008 Matias Kritz gave props:
Amazing work!!!! greetings from Buenos Aires.Mk
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On 28 January 2008 Carmen O'Brien said:
resting to promote life
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On 28 March 2008 Angel Foice gave props:
wow. =]
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On 20 April 2008 Jaakko Saari gave props:
Beautiful, sensitive work. The woman in foreground was great choice.
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On 15 May 2008 Angela Bacon-Kidwell said:
Interesting photo and what great timing.
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On 21 July 2008 lauren smith said:
the thing i love most about this shot is that you do not have a clear shot on anyone's face. This helps you realize that that type of accident can happen to anyone if things continue the way they are.
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