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Photographed at the Fulton Street Fair in San Francisco's SoMa (South of Market Street) neighborhood. The fair has been going on since the 1960's. Today, over 250,000 people gather annually for this event. It is the world's largest leather event and public nudity is allowed.
For decades, San Francisco was known for its “unrestricted public nudity.” This meant that residents and tourists alike could casually roam the streets of San Francisco wearing nothing more than the skin they were born in. However, in 2012 a ban on public nudity was put into place and by 2013 public displays of nudity became illegal.
Today, however, there are some places in town where one is allowed to take it all off. The Fulton Street Fair has been crafted for those looking to explore their exhibitionist side (another is the Gay Pride Parade in June). Participants are free to shed their clothes and inhibitions as the nudity ban is lifted in this police-issued designated area once each year.
The man in this photograph is known as "Mr. Smiles". Seems that he is well known around nudist circles in San Francisco. Should you be interested, Smiles maintains a web address at
www.flickr.com/people/140131293@N06/ He states that "I am an avid exhibitionist. I love to be nude for people and in public. I get naked for friends and neighbors frequently as well as attending outdoor events that allow public nudity. I enjoy being the ONLY ONE nude in a group or crowd of clothed people. When I visit my friends or neighbors, I immediately take all my clothes off at the door..... always!"
......to each his own!! 