For nearly a decade, photographer Norma I. Quintana followed an American, traveling one-ring circus photographing its acrobats, aerialists and artists. Not satisfied to snap images from the stands, Quintana photographed her subjects in motion, perfecting their craft.
Circus: A Traveling Life documents the everyday lives of these performers, behind the big top.
Ballerina and her poodle.
Broken mirror.
Chalk.
Circus pol performer and son.
Crawling aerialist.
Cube.
Fridman
Imperial spinning.
Maternal intermission.
Mirror
Patriarch.
Performer with police.
Resting jester.
Wheel of destiny.
Tiny contortionist.
Stilts.
Starlet.
Trapeze hands.