179. In Vain

In Vancouver we went to visit the site of 2010 Olympic Torch. As  we came around the corner a woman dressed in heels and a shorter than short mini dress was setting up a camera and tripod. From that moment on it was difficult to watch anything other than this woman - she was taking self portraits with a wireless remote. As she was methodically working on her photographs she was oddly oblivious to the many other tourists that were also documenting their experience at the place. Minutes later a young man without a shirt joined in the mix. The two, the half-dressed man and scantily-clad woman, didn't seem to know each other or acknowledge each other's existence. Given their similarity of dress (or lack there of), vanity, and timing it seemed hardly a coincidence they should both be a the torch site that day. May be a modeling gig with no crew? May be it was performance piece? A flash mob that we didn't stay around to see? At the time we were tired and hungry and wanted to get back across the border. But of course now I am dying to know.