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Your naked friends and neighbors, all part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival

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Aterrifying dream for some. But this was photographer Bruce Aoki makingart at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, so why not? I have zeroissues about my 285-pound reverse-hourglass figure and have reached an age where Ican’t be bothered with anyone’s body-shaming attempts. My biggestconcern during the half-hour session was getting stabbed by one of thebox’s nasty-looking splinters.

Photographer Bruce Aoki shoots nude portraits of ordinary Utahns during the 2017 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival.
Photographer Bruce Aoki shoots nude portraits of ordinary Utahns during the 2017 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival.

“Allkinds of bodies show up, and that’s the absolute joy,” said Aoki. “Thefirst year, a couple came in, they were best friends.