Here are some shots of the May Day demonstrations in Geneva. I'm still trying to figure out how to best link/display the pictures from zenfolio here, so for now I'll just include a link to the album...
And here's something interesting: I've noticed that I get a lot of reaction by carrying a "big" camera (even though it's actually one of the most compact cameras available with interchangeable lenses). I have been asked to take pictures of people with my camera, asked to take pictures of people with their camera, waved away, picked up, given looks of very serious suspicion bordering on anger, and had other "camera people" stare openly to see what I'm using... I certainly was not expecting this. But the fun part was that, for the demonstration, I could take as many pictures as I wanted, standing on a barrier beside the road, and people just assumed that I was a photographer - of the sort who was supposed to be standing by the road taking pictures of a demonstration. Kind of handy...
[EDIT] A couple of those will make more sense if I explain them - the Palestinian one is in there because they are Geneva's most regular protest group. In the summer, they are out every Friday at Bel Air. I hadn't associated them with a power-to-the-worker march before, but wasn't really surprised to see them, either. And the guy with the cigarette and the cable was a DJ in the park, setting up to help the worker get down, I guess.
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Umm, hate to reveal my ignorance but what is it about May that people want to "demonstrate" in Geneva
Well, it's more or less the same here as other places - started off as looking at "workers'" rights (I have never liked that distinction), branched into a time to celebrate unions, socialism/communism, and then has spread to other social and political injustice as well. To be fair, there are a lot of people in Geneva who are very poorly paid, very poorly treated, unable to take any kind of legal action because they will be deported... I wouldn't say that everyone participating had the best intentions, but there are some real issues that need to be dealt with.
Have you considered entering any of your shots onto redbullillume.com ?
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