Vancouver Riots Panorama

While shooting the Stanley Cup Vancouver Riots earlier this year I was given permission to sneak behind police lines to snap photos of the aftermath near the Canada Post building. There wasn’t much to shoot at that point as all the fires were out and rioting had spread to other areas of downtown.

I was asked to deliver my cards to editors for filing at Rogers Arena in a couple minutes before heading further downtown to follow the action, so my main goal was to catch one quick 360 degree photo of the area for my own collection. It’s hard to show in such a small file how much information is there, (the full size pano is 62″ from 21 pictures), but looking at this brings back all the smells and thoughts of that night, wondering how the positive sentiment of so many went sour in such a short time.

It feels like yesterday, and already the NHL is in preseason.

Here’s wishing for another great season for the Vancouver Canucks, and hopefully a riot-free Stanley Cup win.

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