Frontiers LA.com
by Stephan Horbelt
This past Sunday, Sept. 21, the world’s largest leather event, the Folsom Street Fair, returned to San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for its 30th year. Bay Area residents and tourists from around the world converged on a five-block stretch of Folsom Street to celebrate all things counterculture and outside the box—an “only in SF” event, indeed.
The weather was perfect—slightly overcast and cool—for a street festival, with leather, rubber and fetish enthusiasts (as well as the occasional nudist) eager to present themselves to fellow subculture devotees and the (more than occasional at this point) outside observer.
In addition to exhibitors selling their kinky wares and booths where festivalgoers could purchase draft beers and cocktails, Folsom Street played host to spanking and flogging booths, boot shining, erotic art demonstrations and performances on various stages by local and big-name acts.
L.A.-based photographer Dusti Cunningham (site NSFW) captured the experience in the set of images below. If you weren’t able to experience the sights of Folsom Street Fair this past weekend, these 30 images are sure to give you a sense of what you missed.
The weather was perfect—slightly overcast and cool—for a street festival, with leather, rubber and fetish enthusiasts (as well as the occasional nudist) eager to present themselves to fellow subculture devotees and the (more than occasional at this point) outside observer.
In addition to exhibitors selling their kinky wares and booths where festivalgoers could purchase draft beers and cocktails, Folsom Street played host to spanking and flogging booths, boot shining, erotic art demonstrations and performances on various stages by local and big-name acts.
L.A.-based photographer Dusti Cunningham (site NSFW) captured the experience in the set of images below. If you weren’t able to experience the sights of Folsom Street Fair this past weekend, these 30 images are sure to give you a sense of what you missed. – See more at: http://www.frontiersla.com/frontiers-blog/2014/09/23/folsom-street-fair-2014-30-images-from-a-day-of-kinky-fun#sthash.82zyx7uz.dpuf