international pillowfight day 2010

the calm before the storm view of Pershing Square before the event - (click on photo to view full album)

Pillow Fight 2010, inspired by the Urban Playground Movement which "organizes free, fun, all ages, non-commercial public events," was held in the historic Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on April 3, 2010 at 3pm.

We arrived about an hour before the event and could already feel the energy in the air. As we walked down the street to the Sandwich Shop, we sat outside and could see people with both concealed and un-concealed pillows as they made their way to the square.

As the 3 o'clock hour approached, the square began to fill with people young and old: participants came dressed as super-heroes, in their pajamas and other "pillow-fighting apparel." The crowd began a countdown in unison -3-2-1- and then the loud roar of the crowd took over and the feathers immediately began flying. Luckily, as a photographer of the event, we were safe; the only rules of the day were to only hit people with pillows and to NOT hit those carrying cameras.


the crowd mid-fight - (click on photo to view full album)

The event lasted well over one hour and, by the middle of it, all people started tiring out,started setting up camp with their pillows to take breaks between battles. Others continued relentlessly creating alliances with others to target characters like the "Easter bunny", the "Wall Street Man", and the "Guy with no shirt on".


some of the highlights on of the crazy costumes and battle tactics-(click on photo to view full album)

If you're ever in the the area, this is definitely an event to check out. I'm sure we will be covering this event next year as well. To see all the cities that participated in Pillow Fight 2010, click HERE.



Here are the links for this and future events:
http://www.pillowfightlosangeles.com/
http://www.pillowfightday.com/

Here are a few links of other photographers who covered the event. It was an event in itself to be a photographer there and we all had to watch out for each other -- it was a honor to serve with you guys! We look forward to working on projects together in the future.
www.timmonzon.com
www.gilphotography.com