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Mandalas, Body Music, and more

This post is made up of samples of some of the work that I’ve been doing since I last posted. I do a lot of mandalas, many of which are on my photo site. In addition, I’ve loaded several new portfolios, including a portfolio of  Mary Peace photographs, and one of the International Body Music Festival; examples from both can be seen below. There are many more portfolios available at Fletcher Oakes Photography and Art, for your viewing pleasure; you can purchase high quality photographic prints of any photograph on the site, processed and delivered directly to your door.

Mandala – SF Pride 2013
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Billy Bragg Performing live at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco
International Body Music Festival, Oakland, California
Bandaloop Aerial Dance troupe performing at International Body Music Festival
Halloween at Carl and Larry’s house, Oakland, Ca
Mary Peace Hand at the Oakland Cemetery

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Folsom Street Fair 2013

This is, even in San Francisco, the over the top fair of the year. People come from all over the world to celebrate kinky sex and deviant behavior of all sorts. This is not a fair that you see many small children at. I have posted a gallery of images on Smugmug. My photographs are primarily portraits and I’ve included very little of the flavor of sexual diversity and variety that is seen at this very colorful and unusual event. However, be aware that there is a small amount of nudity and bondage included in this collection.

Folsom Street Fair 2013 (Click on images to see larger view)

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Pride 2013 and More

As always, the Pride San Francisco parade was a lot of fun this year. I marched with Mrs. Vera and her Verasphere, lots of folks in drag attire created by Mrs. Vera. Here are a few of the photos from the day. Lots more can be seen on my Smugmug site. There’ve been lots of other things going on since then. I’ve got a bunch of new sets on my Flickr page and below the Pride photos I’ve posted some from the WorldOne Music Festival, held in El Cerrito, CA, on July 3 and 4.

Pride San Francisco 2013 (Click on images to see larger view)
	Mrs. Vera
L. Ron Hubby	Thomas E. Shibley
Chauncey McLorr

WorldOne Festival
July 3
July 4

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Carnaval San Francisco 2013

This year Carnaval San Francisco, the 34th annual, was run entirely by volunteers and they did a slam bang job. It’s a great event that takes place the last weekend in May. The day is a lot of fun, people are happy, celebrating the spirit of Carnaval. I get there early in the morning so that I can take pictures at the staging area, and stay at least until the last parade contingent passes me by. Then, if I have the energy, I go on to the Festival.

Below are a few photographs from this years’ parade and staging. To see more of my photographs from that day, please go to my Flickr page.

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