One of the guiding principles of the annual Burning Man festival is radical self-expression. Many residents of Black Rock City embrace this through the fashion they wear to the event.
A mix of practicality and fancy costumes, you never know what or who you’ll see in the Nevada desert.
Sami Muneer at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Burning Man “Doc Team” photographer Jane Hu shared some of her portraits of festival goers with SFGATE. The arts festival ran from August 28 to September 5 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.
“I’ve always been inspired by what people are willing to put out there, whether it’s fashion or art,” Hu explained. “It blows my mind what people can achieve.”
Annika Kusian and Shahla Modir at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada. Jane Hu
Participants at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada. Jane Hu
Photos: Jane Hu Photos: Jane Hu
This year it was even more difficult for festival goers to show off their playa fashion with hours-long dust storms and extreme heat.
“People are in the most beautiful, interesting and creative clothes,” Hu said. “I wish I had captured a lot more than I could. I wish I could spend days just following people around and photographing them. Because it’s always like, ‘Who are you?’ How are you able to do all this?’ And are you able to keep yourself clean and clean your clothes afterwards?'”
Scroll down to see the best Burning Man fashion of 2022 and check out the best looks of 2019 here.
Gina Alexandra Galvez at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Marlowe Bassett of Metamorphosis Ballet at Wild Horses of the American West by Artist Collective of Reno, Nevada at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Jeffrey Ryan Cairney at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Charlotte de Casabianca at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Inside the Temple of Infinity by Stephen Rhoades of Burlington, Vermont at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
Sheila Bhardwaj, Aurelien Bocquet, An Bocquet and Mai Ly Bocquet at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
The robotic heart at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, NevadaJane Hu
Xstava at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, NevadaJane Hu
@ledtranceguy at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
@bethielle, @3casascareyes and @ravenkauffman at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
The Last Ocean by Jen Lewin of Brooklyn, New York at Burning Man 2022 in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nevada.Jane Hu
