Past week in Richmond

This one was tough. I was called right on deadline about an RCMP release we got saying that a local synagogue was vandalized on Holocaust Remembrance Day. When Eve and I arrived, the Rabbi wasn't prepared to talk at all, but after a bit of discussion he agreed. Anyways, just an example of a two-minute setup portrait on deadline in a delicate situation.

Rabbi Claudio Kaiser-Blueth of the Beth Tikvah Synagogue on Geal Road sits in front of walls of Jewish literature in his office on Monday afternoon. He notes that the most fitting punishment for the people who vandalized the synagogue would be to come and learn more about the culture and history of the Jewish people.

And two others:

Erin Fitz-Earle and her son Yewan, 3, watch an Air Canada Airbus A340 take off from Airport Park Wednesday afternoon. They came down from Squamish to pick up Yewan's grandmother and stopped to watch the airplanes take off at the park located just off of Russ Baker Way, east of Vancouver International Airport.


Richmond artist Eliza Au has an upcoming exhibit at the Richmond Art Gallery displaying her collection of ceramic wreaths.