The 2018 D.C. Funk Parade
All images Leica SL and 75mm Noctilux
It almost didn’t happen this year, the Funk Parade. It’s the city’s greatest single day, and if D.C. had not found a way of bringing it back, we’d be poorer for it. Thankfully a Kickstarter campaign, the persistence of the organizers, and a groundswell of support prevailed.
Herewith an experiment — trying to use the 75mm Noctilux, with its razor thin focal plane, in bright light at a street event. We see possibilities.
Here’s the funk.
Tulip Frenzy 
May 12, 2019 at 9:39 pm
[…] By 2017, having spent every free weekend since Trump’s inauguration attending joyous but still angry demonstrations, it was like a holiday just to revel in the funk. Last year, in sunshine, I shot in color and if you’d like to get a sense of what this event is like on a beautiful sunny day, you can click here. […]