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Animal Liberation protest at Pitt Street Mall 1561

I took a number of photos today at Pitt Street Mall of a small and peaceful protest organised by Animal Liberation. The protest was designed to shock and quite a few people had a good look at the staged scene.

I had a brief conversation with Animal Liberation representative, Nicole Brown, who said they usually get a lot more attention and are surrounded by media during their protest but only when the protesters are naked or semi-naked. When it comes to actual issue reporting main stream media is not really interested.

When I returned to the site of the protest 20 minutes after this “cages, injured and suffering” photograph was taken, police asked nicely the protesters to “move along” which the group did.

Coincidently this evening all main media outlets carried the news about protesters at the Beijing Olympics “showing skin”.

Interview

I watched this television crew conducting random interviews with member of the public in Pitt Street Mall. The interviewer seemed to be a very passionate and animated character and somehow I think he overwhelmed the interviewees with his antics.

World Youth Day Sydney 2008 - Security

Although the celebrations of the World Youth Day Sydney 2008 do not commence until tomorrow, there were considerable numbers of pilgrims roaming through Sydney today. Most of them came for a parade of the cross and icon along the Pitt Street.

Security was not necessary but as you can see from this photograph of a group of police officers the precautions were taken - just in case. Most people in Sydney went about their daily business. Let’s hope the remaining days of this event are as peaceful and that police won’t have to use the special powers granted to them by the state government.

Young violin player

This young boy was playing violin in the Pitt Street Mall. He was totally ignored by everyone passing by. I see all sort of buskers trying to make a dollar by playing music and selling their CDs, but to day I think I have never seen any of them so ignored by the crowd as this boy was.

Two men

I have spotted these two men sharing a single bench in Pitt Street Mall. There was an interesting similarity in the way they were sitting and yet there was a world of difference between them. Young, fashionable and what seems to be a very assertive young men in the foreground and in the background and older man in conservative cloths. They both looked somewhere ahead, possibly, simply at people passing by.

This is not technically perfect photo and I was ready to delete it but the captured scene won over the technical aspect.

Plastic bag monster

Plastic bags are recognisable issue when it comes to the environment. They do not degrade quick enough after use and often are the cause of wildlife deaths. Lush, a company which makes reusable bags was running this “Plastic bag monster” campaign in Pitt Street Mall. The reusable bags have been introduced to Australia now few years back but the use of plastic bags is still very high.

Crying Girl

I took this photograph of a crying woman few days ago. She was visibly, deeply disturbed by something. She was shouting aloud “I’ve given you everything I had, You gave me nothing I wanted”. She drew a lot of attention from everyone present. She kept yelling that phrase over and over as she walked through the Pitt Street Mall.