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ROLL UP, ROLL UP: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE CIRCUS - IN PICTURES

BY THE GUARDIAN  10/14/2014  Original article
 
 
 

In the late 90s, photographer Norma I Quintana found a flyer for a circus. One trip to the big top became a runaway collaboration that continued for a decade. Her new photobook, Circus: A Travelling Life, captures life backstage with an extended family of mermaids, smoking clowns and tiny horses.

Tiny Contortionist

Tiny Contortionist

Yawn

Yawn

World’s Smallest Horse

World’s Smallest Horse

Two Men

Two Men

Smoke

Smoke

Prop Master

Prop Master

Wall of Death

Wall of Death

Mermaid Hair Aerialist and Son

Mermaid Hair Aerialist and Son

Man with Hula Hoop

Man with Hula Hoop

Broken Mirror

Broken Mirror