I took this photo at the Pride Parade Toronto in 2006. It was my first time going to this world renowned event and I was very impressed for a couple of reasons. One of the major attractions of Toronto for me was the city's relatively high degree of tolerance for diversity in culture, histories, gender and sexual identities. To see all those different people coming together for a celebration of differences was quite an exciting new experience for me. So I felt that I should well-document this festival of an open and diverse society and keep it as a good memory of the city for the future.

Another thing that impressed me was how beautiful and cheerful downtown was that particular afternoon. The parading floats were festive and the crowds, from young kids to adults, standing restlessly behind the barricade, dressed up also in rainbow color beads and glittery necklaces. As a photographer, I am interested and always look for a unique and isolated pattern of a certain color object wherever I go. But that afternoon I was pretty much in a paradise of splashing colors, and I think this picture says it all. I was fortunate enough to get a good spot to photograph the whole event and when this group came out with a giant rainbow flag, I saw the opportunity and took it right away.