Last night, I attended the annual Village Halloween Parade. The weather was perfect and the turnout was phenomenal. The number of attendees (1 million) and congestion is unimaginable, and going in as a photographer with a press pass (as I did) or as a marcher is the only way I would consider it at this point. I have spectated from the barricades many years before – streets are blocked off and pedestrians are directed, restricted, and hoarded, with the spectators piled many persons deep. It’s hard to get decent viewing without getting there 1.5 hours in advance for a front row position against the barricades. In the next couple of days, I will post again on the parade, featuring photos and posting a collection of the best on a supplementary site as I did last year. But first, I have to sift through the 540 photos I took…
Merci beaucoup d’être notre journaliste et photographe !! J’ai hâte de voir les photos de cette parade ! Bonne journée!
claudine – Merci. I hope to get through them all!
Costumes are just fantastic!
brian .. thanks for your perseverance and I look foward to the Parade Photographic essay .. cheers
mike – these were particularly beautiful. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a shot of both in their entirety. Limited time to shoot, crowds, other photographers, fast moving paraders …