© 2011 notworkrelated - David Rutter & Helen Roscoe. All rights reserved. National GoTopless Day Venice Beach LA 2011

*NSFW* USA – Venice Beach – GoTopless – 21th August

Using the website site Venice Paparazzi to find out about events (Venice art crawl etc) we spotted a national event taking place along the boardwalk which would offer some interesting photo opportunities…The National GoTopless Day – “a US organization, claim that women have the same constitutional right to be bare chested in public places as men.”

You only have to scratch beneath the surface with a bit of research to find religious connection involving the Raelians; a religious mission lead by a former French racing car driver, who believe in an advanced race of extraterrestrials called Elohim who created life on earth. No surprises to see books for sale on his website, what religious movement would be without an income stream.
To add even more spice to the Topless march a few religious types turned up with their t-shirts, placards, A-boards, orange jumpsuits and even a home made 20 foot cardboard cross! How exciting!

Coincidentally the 5th Annual Supergirl Skateboard Jam was also taking place which involved young women skating and snowboarding on a 28-foot-tall man-made mountain packed with 80,000 pounds of snow. So with camera in hand and zoom lens attached here are some photos from the events. (All nipples are actually covered using fake nipples / tape!)
On the evening we headed out with Sarah and Maria from Yoga class for some Tapas in a lovely place on Abbot Kinney Blvd in Venice Beach, followed by Ice Cream in posh Brentwood.

(Leica M9, Summicron-M 50mm f/2.0, Leica 90mm f/2.8, Zeiss 18mm f/4 ZM processed in Lightroom 3)

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3 Comments

  1. Posted 26 Aug ’11 at 10:22 pm | Permalink

    Oh how I miss California, especially Venice! Love these photos.

  2. Posted 27 Aug ’11 at 3:36 am | Permalink

    Venice Beach is always so interesting. The only crazy thing I ever did there was get ripped off by a charlatan tarot reader. Never saw naked ladies, except in these photos.

  3. Posted 28 Aug ’11 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

    Looks like lots of good naked Christian fun. :)

    I love Venice!

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