Mike Hettwer Photography - Documentary, Archaeology and Dinosaur
826CHI Volunteer Photo Book: My World Project - Part 1: THE PARADE
THE PARADE, Photo and Story by Elisa Fabian
Hundreds and thousands of people lined up in the crowded streets of Chicago. From age 5 to 50, age didn’t matter here. What mattered was how much fun you were having and how much pride you showed.
It’s called the Gay Pride Parade, but you don’t have to be gay to support it.
The streets were hectic. People squeezed in to try to see the floats. Some brought their own ladders. Others hung from apartment windows and fire escapes.
I passed through this group of unforgettable men. All of them were just there looking at others and then at themselves. In a glance, I saw that one of them wasn’t too happy with the other one. What was the story there? It stayed beneath the surface. Everyone came to the gay parade to have fun.
Hundreds and thousands of people lined up in the crowded streets of Chicago. From age 5 to 50, age didn’t matter here. What mattered was how much fun you were having and how much pride you showed.
It’s called the Gay Pride Parade, but you don’t have to be gay to support it.
The streets were hectic. People squeezed in to try to see the floats. Some brought their own ladders. Others hung from apartment windows and fire escapes.
I passed through this group of unforgettable men. All of them were just there looking at others and then at themselves. In a glance, I saw that one of them wasn’t too happy with the other one. What was the story there? It stayed beneath the surface. Everyone came to the gay parade to have fun.
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