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Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker
“In Michoacán, where I’m from, performers wear masks made from wood. This one is papier-mâché—I made it myself. I also made the shell skulls—I painted them and glued pins to the backs.”
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Carlos Gonzalez, 42, construction worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Patty Bautista, 29, social worker; Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager
"We're friends from college. We bought these parasols from eBay—they're from China or something. They got here pretty quick considering!"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager
"I got my face painted by a vendor outside the gates. I tipped her five dollars 'cause it turned out so well."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Claudia Cardenes, 29, ambulance operation manager
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Patty Bautista, 29, social worker
"A friend of mine made my costume for me—I saw something similar online and bought the fabric I wanted."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Patty Bautista, 29, social worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Gabriel Caleca, 18, student
"I already had this jacket—I found it a while ago at the Salvation Army and bought it thinking, 'this will come in handy someday.'"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Gabriel Caleca, 18, student
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Gabriel Caleca, 18, student
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Gabriel Caleca, 18, student
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Bobby Aceves aka Maleficent, 25, tattoo artist; Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker; Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker
"We're here from Arizona—we're the Grand Canyon chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We raise money for all sorts of things: LGBT charities, HIV awareness... our Los Angeles sisters are around here somewhere, they just did an event to raise money for a volunteer fire department."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Bobby Aceves aka Maleficent, 25, tattoo artist
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Scott Haverstock aka Sister Odora Flatulotta D’Pew, 42, social worker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Ira Savely aka Alotta Hookah, 35, banker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Jackie Leguizamo, 36, fashion designer; Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer; Roman Leguizamo, 5, kindergartner
"This is our first time here—we made the masks ourselves."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Roman Leguizamo, 5, kindergartner
"[The celebration] is good I guess. I helped make my mask!"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Jackie Leguizamo, 36, fashion designer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Javier Leguizamo, 36, graphic designer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”
"I'm here with my partner, David. We came up from Long Beach; it's our first time. I saw this tie and thought, 'gotta have it.'"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter James Barker, 55, “retired and loving it”
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer
"I made the jeans myself. I used spray fabric dye and a paintbrush to create the ombre look."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Jeshua Viveiros, 22, ballet dancer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kate Amundeen, 24, model
"I bought the flowers at Michael's and made the headdress myself. I chose to dress up as Frida [Kahlo] because I love her style, and she's a super cool woman with a great story to tell."
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kate Amundeen, 24, model
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kate Amundeen, 24, model
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kate Amundeen, 24, model
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kweli Walker, 61, electrician and erotica writer
"I painted this big smiling mouth because I'm a happy person!"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Kweli Walker, 61, electrician and erotica writer
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
"The dress is vintage Mexican. The belt isn't from Mexico... it might be Eastern European, but who cares, it's so awesome! For my jewelry, there's a Mexican wedding necklace, as well as a Tibetan medicine necklace, a Fijian necklace, an African ring—wow, I'm so multicultural!"
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
Photograph: Jake Giles Netter Stephanie Shaw, 49, painter and textile jewelry-maker
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