Vancouver Riot

I was in Vancouver this summer, but left the day before the riots broke out after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup. This shot is pretty amazing, especially in light of the recent protesting/rioting down on Wall Street. It's insane how when so much chaos is going on, a photographer only has moments to capture that perfect image.

Here is the article on the incident and the photograph itself:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/17/vancouver-kiss-couple-riot-police#

For those of you who don't have time to read the whole thing, this is what the photographer said about it:

The photographer was being buffeted by rioters and riot police when he spotted the couple. "I was about 20 or 30 yards away," he said. "There were these two people on the ground in this empty street. Initially I thought one of them was hurt." He took a few shots and then the moment was lost.

"It was complete chaos. Rioters set two cars on fire and then I saw looters break the window at a neighbouring department store," he said.

"At that point the riot police charged right towards us. After I stopped running I noticed in the space behind the line of police that two people were lying in the street with the riot police and a raging fire just beyond them.

"I knew I had captured a moment when I snapped the still forms against the backdrop of such chaos but it wasn't until later when I returned to the rink to file my photos that my editor pointed out that the two people were not hurt, but kissing," Lam said before the real story behind the photo came out.