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
Yawn
World’s Smallest Horse
Two Men
Smoke
Prop Master
Wall of Death
Mermaid Hair Aerialist and Son
Man with Hula Hoop
Broken Mirror