San Francisco’s notorious celebration of kink returns this weekend with the Folsom Street Fair taking over a 13 blocks SoMA with live bondage action, fetishes, leather, dancing and much more.

It can be a little shocking for the uninitiated, so we put together a collection of some the best photos taken by SF Station’s photographers over the past four years for those looking to ease into the action this year.

(*potentially NSFW)

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• Tag: Folsom Street Fair, Photos, SoMa