Election so far…

The election race is heating up in Calgary.

Thanks to a resigning mayor and a few popular talking points – including a battle over the installation of a traffic tunnel at the airport and the building of a controversial downtown pedestrian bridge – there are murmurs that there’s a sweeping wind of change en route to city hall.

Voters will have to wait until October 18 to see if the rumoured political shift occurs. But don’t forget, as they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Most informed observers would probably admit, however, that this is one of the most interesting municipal elections in recent memory.

As a result there are usually two or three election related assignments on the paper’s photo schedule per day. The Calgary Herald’s ongoing election coverage constantly needs up-to-date, relevant images.

Debates, candidate events and stories on voters with opinions are the norm.

Despite being somewhat sterile, when compared to action photos of the previous evening’s professional football or professional hockey game, I think some of the images we gather while covering the various campaign trails provide a record of a city’s living history.

A visual proof of a democratic process, however deliberate and boring it may seem to some.