PHOTOGRAPHY – Abstract Series 27
Abstract Series 27, posted by hanswendland
Euro2008 – Italy beats France 2-0… well that says it all doesn’t it! And even though Italy, as usual cheated and wined they way through the match, France was an embarrassment to the sport. Not that I have an opinion, being French and having an Italian mother, did not jade my opinion one way or the other. Thank god that at the time I took these shots we were living in Lugano, Switzerland (a neutral country). Ticino and Grigione, is one of the 2 Italian speaking cantons in Switzerland as it borders Italy. Ticino has a huge migrant population of native Italians, that went absolutly ballistic at the end of the game.
Pouring into the streets, they paraded through downtown Lugano, screaming, yelling, blowing the car horns, air horns and anything else that could make a racket. The main street where the celebrating was “tolerated’ by the local police, a que of cars slowly snaked around several city blocks, chuck full or revelers of all ages, flapping flags, banners and in some case their girlfriends undergarments…
The noise was deafening, of coarse their were the usual flairs, fireworks, bottle and glass throwing. At one point a sub-compact car went by where I counted 15 people jammed pack in, spilling out everywhere, what a sight!
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- 21.11.08 / 6am
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- Abstract, Art, Flickr, Photography
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