happy birthday by pocketmouse

happy birthday

No, not mine or anyone's birthday. Today, I headed into the city with my sisters to participate in a brief street demonstration for 'Vision Generation', a youth movement for World Vision. The theme of the day was to raise awareness of the fact that each year worldwide, 8.8 million children die before their 5th birthday (equating to 1 every 3 seconds).

The demonstration involved a performance where the group (my sisters and their friends) pretended to be young children (complete with dummies and jigsaw puzzles), and sung 'happy birthday', after which they presented one of the 'performers' with this cupcake. Then, they each 'died', one at a time, to the 3-second beat of a drum. It was very dramatic and drew a fair crowd.

So it was a very random excursion, but I enjoyed it. :D

(Watermark makes another appearance since I was the photographer covering the event.)
Great dof. Love this.
June 5th, 2010  
Very nice crop. I love the candle that they chose.
June 5th, 2010  
wow, i bet that performance really made it clear whats happening. and how sad =[ that's awesome you guys are involved! great cupcake pic!! i hope you got to eat one =]
June 5th, 2010  
wow, that is so amazing and dramatic. kudos to your sister for being so proactive. lovely photo.
June 5th, 2010  
wow. very powerful
June 5th, 2010  
this is soooo captivating! great shot!
June 5th, 2010  
Bia
Cute :)
June 5th, 2010  
Great picture and it sounds like a pretty powerful day.
June 5th, 2010  
Sounds like a powerful piece of theater. Nice shot.
June 5th, 2010  
Gorgeous shot. Well composed and the focus is awesome. The day itself sounds quite dramatic and powerful, which is the aim in those sorts of things. Very cool.
June 6th, 2010  
Very nice - the composition is great, really pulls you into such a simple subject (the way the cake is just slightly cut of and the candle barely tipped). What a great story to go along with the shot.
June 16th, 2010  
Yumm...:D
September 10th, 2010  
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