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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 32: Wet Zurich Street Parade
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:39:22 +0200

The Street Parade is a huge street party held in Zurich every August. It
is quite rave-oriented, but during the day all the gnomes of Zurich let
their hair down and come out dressed in all kinds of ways. For many
local transvestites, this is the one opportunity to flaunt their habit
and be applauded for it. Last year, the weather was gorgeous and about 1
million people turned out, allowing me to take shots like this:
http://www.wajsman.com/33.jpg. This year, in contrast, the weather was
awful, it rained for two days straight, including the day of the event,
and so I decided to shoot B&W to make the best of it.

As the main picture shows, the rain did not stop people from dressing up
and partying:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32.jpg

Somehow, I am attracted to pretty dancing girls and vice versa; must be
my Leica...
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt1.jpg

The temperature was no more than about 10C/50F, but some people were
still feeling the heat...
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt2.jpg

A couple of cute Dominican girls:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt3.jpg

Funky hairdos are de rigeur at the Street Parade:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt4.jpg

and these two guys are working on theirs:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt5.jpg

Anytime you have hundreds of thousands of people drinking lots of beer,
you have to deal with the consequences. Since this is Switzerland,
peeing behind the nearest tree is not comme il faut, hence the city set
up these makeshift urinals:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt6.jpg
(there were also proper toilets for the shy types)

Finally, a very young participant enjoys a treat at the Stadelhofen
train station:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_32alt7.jpg

All pictures taken with M6, 50mm Summilux on Ilford Delta 400.

The complete PAW index is at:
http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm

and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated.

Nathan
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Nathan Wajsman
Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland

e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
mobile: +41 78 732 1430

Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm


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