Pillow Fight San Francisco 2008 Photos and Video

A ridiculous amount of people showed up for the massive Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight in San Francisco. They were so eager to start the battle that they didn’t event wait until the clock struck 6pm. Here’s a short video I shot at the beginning of the chaos.

Pillow Fight San Francisco 2008

Pillow Fight San Francisco 2008

Pillow Fight San Francisco 2008

Pillow Fight San Francisco 2008

Here are a few photos of the Pillow Fight that I shot while there.

More coverage:

San Francisco Chronicle
SF Weekly: All Shook Down (photos)
Pete Beck (photos)
Dave Schumaker (photos)
Scott Schiller (audio)
teekuleet (photos)
Berderp (photos)
Tara B (video)
Kevin Y (video)
Mike Ricca (photos)
Ed Hunsinger (photos)
Phil W (photos)
Phil W (video)
David Pan (photos)
Ricky Montalvo (video)
Victoria (photos)
Jane Waterbury (photos)
Chester (photos)
Steve Rhodes (photos)
Lou Huang (photos)
Danger Ranger (photos)
Aziz K. (video)
J. Rai (photos)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat (video)
bloopy (video)
Eric (photos)
Chris Mears (photos)
Bryan Costales (Photos)
Leah (photos)
Josh Otis (stereoscopic photos)
Tony Rotundo (photos)
Juliette Melton (photos)

UPDATE: Scott Schiller captured some great binaural audio walking around the crowd with in-ear microphones and a Minidisc.

photos by Scott Beale

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale is the founder of Laughing Squid and is based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.