Folsom Street Fair 2008
One of the more common questions I kept being asked over and over since I moved here to San Francisco was “Have you been to Folsom Street Fair yet?”
For three months, I had settle for saying “No, but I do plan to go!” This morning cracked up to be a beautiful San Francisco summer day. Clear skies, cool air and lots of sun.
My objective was to take pictures of personalities that jumped out at me. I wasn’t out to take pictures of cocks or tits, but rather, the spirit of the fair itself, and how it prompts people to make over themselves.
WARNING: THOSE PICTURES ARE DEFINITELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR KIDDIES. THERE ARE FULL NUDITY SHOTS, BONDAGE AND FETISH SHOTS. CLICK THROUGH AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
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September 29, 2008 - 12:58 am
yay! i was looking forward to these pics, knew you’d take ‘em. why all b&w? i wanna color!!
September 29, 2008 - 12:57 pm
adam – by removing the color from the photos, the viewer is brought to focus on the humanity and intent of the photograph.
September 29, 2008 - 10:36 pm
good stuff!
September 30, 2008 - 6:29 pm
ewwww. I’m having trouble seeing humanity. I feel like I’ve died and gone to gay hell.
September 30, 2008 - 6:55 pm
These are fucking over-the-top AMAZING!!!! You are 100% right about the b&w. The color photos I have seen always seem like snapshots, and that takes the edge off of them. Great work man!
October 2, 2008 - 9:39 am
There’s no place like home… there’s no place like home… there’s no place like home…
October 5, 2008 - 3:54 pm
Beautiful photos, Tim!
October 5, 2008 - 8:35 pm
Grandmom saw it once, that was enough but it had to be shown to your aunts. Trish said “Don’t let her cats see it”
Ha Ha. Truthfully, Grandmom didn’t know such people exsisted. Actually I guess I did but never thought of it as real people. Grandmom K,
October 14, 2008 - 5:39 pm
Really lovely work, you captured the spirit of the event. I feel like you did find the human angle & reminded me why I was there this year doing a little whipping for charity.
October 16, 2008 - 1:43 pm
GREAT Photos. Were they shot in Black & White?