Friday, March 4, 2011

The San Francisco Royal Family

The Royal Family


San Francisco is known for its colorful characters, but even amid our sea of oddballs and misfits a few unique individuals manage to stand out. If you have been in The City for any length of time you are sure to have run into the Brown Sisters, the 12 Galaxies Guy, Dog-Cat-Rat Man, or the Bushman. Maybe you've meet them all, I know I have.



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The Brown sisters (photo by D.C. Atty via Flickr)




Harmon Leon has created a series of portraits that celebrate San Francisco's most famous eccentrics, of both past and present. You can learn more about these outrageous locals in his feature "The Royal Family" on The Bold Italic.




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                                   Frank Chu aka 12 Galaxies Man (Photo by Jef Poskanzer via Flickr)                                                                         


Harmon has quite a thorough list of iconic SF eccentrics, but I wonder: What about the No Sex sign guy on Market and Powell?



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No Sex Guy (Photo by Franco Folini via Flickr)


Are there any other people that were left off of Harmon's list?




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