AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

 

There is a magazine here called Out In STL, serving the LGBTQ+ community. They have an annual event called The Luminary Awards. My friend, Matthew Kerns, received major recognition and invited me and Mrs. C as his guests. Matt is president and artistic director of the St. Lou Fringe, seen in these pages every summer. (I’m the president of the board of directors and house photographer.) The event was by turns moving and a hoot. Here, some members of the local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence help get things rolling.          

I ALWAYS RUN INTO HER

 

More Tower Grove Pride. Whenever I go to these events, I'm always running into the wonderfully named Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, all the more meaningful for my Catholic background. They wear these little plastic name tags, just like Mormon missionaries. 

Artica is this weekend. Still listless but gotta pull it together.                   

SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE

                

An order of nonconformists, to be sure. The sisters turn up at many events and I’ve photographed them lots of times. Their liturgy is a little, um, uncertain. I confess I don’t know exactly what they are doing at Earth Day,

Big annual photo op today if it doesn’t get rained out and my spine holds up.                 

SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE

 

The local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a fixture at the Mardi Gras parade, Pridefest and other out-there events. Who are they? See https://www.thesisters.org/ . Never met one who wasn’t happy to pose. If you are dressed like that you certainly aren’t shy.                                      

Perpetual Indulgence

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If my guess is correct, these folks are members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. I met some of them on my first shoot at the Pridefest Parade three years ago and got what may be the best street portrait of my life, I just love the kabuki-like makeup and serene attitude. There was not anyone more photogenic on or around South Grand Boulevard.