While randomly searching random things, I came across some pictures that are worth more than a billion words. Many many thoughts about the 2010 Olympics that were brilliantly portrayed in a small set of pictures, some not even needing captions.
one word: brilliant!
Photographer? Jay Black . His snippet? “I am an Anglo-Canadian poet and photographer. Raised in southwestern Ontario and southern Alberta, I now live in Vancouver on British Columbia’s southwest coast. The city in which I live rests on unceded Coast Salish territory.”
This is one of my faves. It was Photo of the Day for 28 September 2009 on the CBC Radio 3 website!
“Get up, Sir”
“You’re not allowed to sleep here. You’re in violation of City of Vancouver By-laws. You’re making the city uncivil.”
Quatchi’s eyes blink open to the silhouettes of two Vancouver Police officers towering over him. “Good morning,” he chitters in sasquatch speak, but the officers don’t understand.
“He’s high and it isn’t 0700 yet,” one says.
The other moves closer, “Okay, you’re coming with us. We’re taking you to a shelter.”
The first officer leans in to grab Quatchi by the arm. “Has anyone ever told you you smell really bad?”
“Yeah,” coughs the other, “You stink, buddy. But it isn’t a normal homeless smell. It’s closer to skunk … but not quite.”
“Maybe he’s a baby bigfoot. I read somewhere they reek”
“Shut up. Bigfoots aren’t real.”
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Mascot Miga Enters a Secure Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Venue Zone
… and Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit members are on the scene, ready for anything. Trouble is, they think she’s a person dressed in a mascot costume and they’re aware – as V2010ISU Chief Operating Officer Bud Mercer recently reminded us – that wearing a mask in the commission of a crime will add ten years to your sentence. But this is the real Miga and she doesn’t wear a mask. She doesn’t even carry ID, for goodness’ sake!
ready to see the full set by yourself? visit Jay Black’s flickr page at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbird_hollow/sets/72157622446686685/
Thank you for your support!
My debut art exhibition will be at the new W2 Community Media Arts Centre during the Games and will include blown up images from my 2010 Olympic Mascot Mayhem set. I invite you and anyone else who enjoys my culture jamming work to the show.
I hope you will stop in come February.
Hey, I love these photos. Talk about the perfect editorial!
I definitely look forward to seeing more. I’ll be following you, and I hope you take the time to follow me