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For the past 18 years, the Republic of Texas motorcycle rally has been held in Austin. I've never been to it in all those years so I decided to attend the parade Friday night. They ride in from the fairgrounds, up and down Congress Ave (by the Capital), park in the street and then all head to 6th Street afterward to party. A 'target rich' environment if you will.
About 5:30pm, this gal comes walking up Congress Ave. all happy and smiles just chatting away. She's dressed in shorts and yellow caution tape.
She also has some sticks and said tape she's waving around like some of the shows you see.
After about 20 minutes of conversation about how many times she's been arrested (115) and how much she doesn't like the 'police state', several of us came to the conclusion she was just another street person with some potential mental and/or drug problems.
The motorcycles finally start arriving about 8:00pm or so and do their thing.
The booze is beginning to flow... Can you start to feel the love in the air? That's the Capital of Texas in the background too.
Then the parade is over. You'll note the white cups in the previous shot and this one as a potential clue. I think she's had a few of them by now.
She's proud of her pasty thinggies. They are not real tats.
But she's not a happy drunk. She's a mean, bitter drunk now for some reason. She goes to the yellow barrier tape and starts pulling it down and wrapping herself in it. The parade is over and crews are in fact removing the tape, but she's making a scene about it. So Austin's finest come have a 'chat' with her. Nothing prohibits her from being topless as she was, but the disturbance she was creating was their beef. The led her to the sidewalk and had a conversation of some sort then left.
I had a mere second or so to get the focus point changed for this shot as I wanted her/them blurred and highlight the rally aspect
And here she is with her shirt, and quite angry at the world.
I ran into her one other time and she was still at it. Again topless and flipping everyone off, yelling and still mad at the world. But in all honesty, by then I had seen enough.
The whole gallery is HERE if anyone is interested. Lots of 'interesting' people and a quick trip down 6th Street afterward.
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Thanks John... She went from zero to ninety in no time flat. Sort of sad in a lot of ways, but it is what it is. I'm finding I like to try and tell a story with multiple images instead of one. Maybe it's evolution or migration to a single shot which I find much more difficult.
Thanks. The fact that all three were the same clued me in they were pasty's or stickers at first. Subsequent shots confirmed that. And I think the guy/gal in green wound up being one of my favorite shots of the series as well.
Thank you.... Richard asked what the "story" was so I figured I could tell it via images.
Lol.... yes, "Hard Work" by all three involved. The police for what they do, the gal for the energy she was expending, and me for moving in/out and around her to capture the scene. And WELCOME to dgrin!
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