Images from this year’s Pride Parade, which winds through the city’s downtown from the Legislature to the Forks. From the seat of rule of law to a traditional gathering place of people for thousands of years, it was a fitting route!
Winnipeg downtown
Pride Parade: 2024
This weekend saw the big event for Pride Month in the city - the Pride Parade, winding from the Legislative Building through downtown to the Forks.
It was a fun mix of my former genre of daily newspaper photography, street photography and impromptu portraiture. Anytime plenty of people gather, especially for a positive purpose, it’s a great place for photography.
One of the many corporate participants unfurls a large Pride flag while queueing for the start of the 2024 Winnipeg Pride Parade.
A group of spectators watch the parade unfold along Memorial Boulevard from the parkade of the former Bay building.
A different view of spectators in the former Bay building parkade watching the Pride Parade unfold on the street below them.
A child wearing a Pride necklace waves support for the procession in front of him on Memorial Boulevard.
One of the many revellers makes their way along a crowded Memorial Boulevard.
Few places are as rich and interesting for classic street photography as a parade. The art, expression and spirit of a Pride parade make it even more productive for the ‘flaneur’ approach to photography.
Motorcycles, and a casual-attire Spiderman, are seen at the head of the 2024 Pride parade.
Where it starts each year - people waiting to take part gather in Memorial Park, across from the Manitoba Legislature. This ‘bardo’ state, of in-between or waiting for what comes next, is always one of the most interesting places to look at as a photographer, in my experience.
Fire and Art Light the Night
This year’s Nuit Blanche event in Winnipeg was a feast for the eyes and mind. And if you’re a person who uses a camera to bring eye and mind together, well…it was a must-see.
Weather in this part of the world is always hit or miss when one season changes to another, but the first such event since the start of the pandemic was blessed with perfect weather and although it’s totally unscientific and just my observation, easily the biggest crowds in many years. Maybe ever.
Following are a few images from just a few spots on a fantastic Saturday night, including a funky disco event by the Peg City Rollers and the lead image of Mateo Lopez who along with the Free Spirit Fire group really lit up the night. Fantastic!
Mateo Lopez spins a web of fire around himself during a performance with Free Spirit Fire group, during the 2022 Nuit Blanche Winnipeg event.
Genie, with the Peg City Rollers rollerskating group, wraps herself in light while spinning to the music during the group’s Nuit Blanche 2022 event.
A dancer with Free Spirit Fire performs for the crowds during Nuit Blanche 2022 in Winnipeg’s Exchange District.
‘Fire Cycle’ by local artist Jonathan S. Green was the epicentre of Nuit Blanche 2022, providing a central event for the entire festival that people could rally to.
A member of the Peg City Roller wheels around a makeshift disco arena during the group’s exhibit for Nuit Blanche 2022.