Hundreds of people participate in International Pillow Fight Day in downtown Los Angeles’ Pershing Square. See full story(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Isabelle Johnson, 2, of Gardena plays in feathers as hundreds transform Pershing Square into a free-for-all pillow fight. Similar loosely coordinated events around the country were part of the “urban playground movement” and promoted by Newmindspace, a public art group based in New York and Toronto. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Wearing goggles and a scarf for protection, Emma Fox, 8, of Eagle Rock gets in some swings while her father, Jason Fox, navigates among the participants. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Tamarah Sherie Avila of Panorama City makes angel wings on a blanket of feathers left behind by the pillow pugilists. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Pillow-fight participants laughed, smiled, whacked one another and generally recaptured a youthful feeling. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
PIllow pugilists go at it. Some clutched ratty, stained things you wouldn’t want to lay your head on. Others carried new pillows that still had their price tags. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Courtney Klink, right, and Alex Mastrovito, of Long Beach, share a kiss on a blanket of pillow feathers. See full story(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
