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A romantic place to be whipped: by the trash bags along Folsom Street

Location: San Francisco, California

Date: September 2007

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds

ID Number: #83422555


  Other photographs in the "folsom street fair 2007" collection:

Band on 7th Street stage at Folsom Street Fair

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Evil angel, with red furry wings, in a split at the Folsom Street Fair

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Consensual whipping at the libertine bacchanalia called the Folsom Street Fair

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Frat boy-like Folsom Street voyeurs, using lofts on the street as a convenient vantage point

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Men queue up at Folsom Street Fair for Boy Butter Extreme 16 oz. tub,

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Platform boots and a corset don't make this costume. The red contact lenses do.

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Folsom Street Fair exhibitionists

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George Monty Davis, the naturist and so-called Naked Yoga Guy, soliciting support in his bid for mayor at the Folsom Street Fair

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Costumes, flesh, and leather on display at the 2007 Folsom Street Fair

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Penis Balloons on display, and in the process of being erected, at the Folsom Street Fair

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Drag queen at Folsom St. Fair

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Lesbians getting cuddly at the Folsom Street Fair, surrounded by an appreciative audience of men

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Woman in black mesh bodystocking and not much else at the Folsom Street Fair

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The annual Folsom Street Fair: Where exhibitionists meet voyeurs

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Woman waiting to be whipped at the Folsom Street Fair

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Grabbing a handful, or even a pound of flesh at the Folsom Street Fair

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A top politely enquiring about about her bottom's condition at the Folsom Street Fair

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Only a minority of Folsom Street Fair attendees actually seem to participate: the rest like to watch

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Taking a break in a dumpster in San Francisco's South of Market (SOMA) district

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A generous selection of floggers for sale at the Folsom Street Fair

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Novice sister Kristi Kreams of the Saint Louis chapter of the queer activist and advocacy group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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Frisky gay men get together for a group hug, and a little more, at the Folsom Street Fair

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Jacket advertising Retching Red, a hardcore punk band in the Oakland, California area, and Mouth Sewn Shut

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Flogger being wielded at the Folsom Street Fair

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Being flogged at the Folsom Street Fair

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Drag queen wearing a wig, a bow tie, a wire mesh top, and not much else at the Folsom Street Fair

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Keywords: romantic-whipping / Volume: 1ds-18

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A romantic place to be whipped: by the trash bags along Folsom Street