1/29/2006: Motorist vs bike courier

Undertoad · 01-29-2006, 03:33 AM

Ubiquitous cameras mean that everyone who thinks quickly can become a journalist on the spot. In this case, via Boing Boing, a bicycle courier in Toronto is accosted by a motorist after an incident involving the guy's littering. But the entire event is shot by an alert photog, who posts it all to an urban photography web site; check it out, in a series of 15 images, the story is told and is more interesting than most news photography.

Look at that jagoff!

Furthermore the incident and photos turn up so much interest that the courier herself appears in the comments at the site, to describe what happened from her point of view. (Look for the comment from "Leah")

Life. Documented. Even the sucky parts.

01-29-2006, 03:33 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/29/2006: Motorist vs bike courier Ubiquitous cameras mean that everyone who thinks quickly can become a journalist on the spot. In this case, via Boing Boing, a bicycle courier in Toronto is accosted by a motorist after an incident involving the guy's littering. But the entire event is shot by an alert photog, who posts it all to an urban photography web site; check it out, in a series of 15 images, the story is told and is more interesting than most news photography. Look at that jagoff! Furthermore the incident and photos turn up so much interest that the courier herself appears in the comments at the site, to describe what happened from her point of view. (Look for the comment from "Leah") Life. Documented. Even the sucky parts.

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