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An Accordionist, His Dog and a Little Boy

As a street photographer, I appreciate street artists. They are often colourful individuals, they’re stationary (easier to get a few good shots), and if you contribute financially to their performance, they don’t mind you taking pictures of them. This performer was an accordionist, a rarity in the world of buskers. I wanted to get a nice environmental shot with people passing by, so I backed up a bit. At the same time, a mother decided to send her young son to put money into the busker’s old broken case. I noticed the dog acting very anxious, probably due to the anxiety of the little kid, not understanding the instructions of his mother of where to put the money…and that’s when it happened!! Just as the kid put money into the case, the dog jumped up and bit his arm. The shot I took was 1 second before this happened! The kid panicked and kicked the case, and the case actually fell apart (you can tell the case was just held up like a pyramid of cards) and all his money spilled out all ov
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