Happy Pride. This vintage moment is from the Gay Freedom Day parade of 1986. I guess back then freedom was more important than pride.
Pictured is Joe Smith, wearing a MEN’S room sign headress and not much else.
Joe died a few years later from HIV, one of dozens more pictured during happier times in my upcoming photo exhibit “Black And White Nostalgia”.
It’s at STRUT SF, July 2019. Opening reception is Friday July 12.
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This gorgeous man was walking arm-in-arm with an attractive lady friend at gay pride 2012.
There were several other women with them, so I asked the entire group if they would pose for a snapshot.
The women were delighted, and quite rambunctious if not inebriated.
After about a dozen shots, I summoned the nerve to ask “the handsome man” for a few more shots by himself.
Only briefly hesitant, he stepped right up to the challenge, his rowdy posse cheering him on.
He put his hat and sunglasses on, but I guess that wasn’t what I was focusing on.
This image is heavily altered. I had almost as much fun manipulating it as when I originally took the photo.
You can see the original unaltered version, and hundreds more like him in my virtual gallery:
Photojimsf’s Pride 2012 SF gallery
The 2012 SF gay pride gallery and gift shop will be on view until the end of July 2018.
Here’s a few teaser pics:
Photojimsf’s Pride 2012 SF gallery
The 2012 SF gay pride gallery and gift shop will be on view until the end of July 2018.
Happy Gay Pride weekend from Photojimsf. Here’s a few cherished moments from Gay Prides past.
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