Bruce Davidson: Circus | Sam Holmes

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	Bruce Davidson: Circus Sam Holmes Steidl The Masters, 2007 - 101 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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One of the world's most influential photographers, Bruce Davidson, takes readers inside three midcentury big tops in images that are poetic, realistic and profound. He reveals not only the swiftly vanishing cultural phenomenon of the circus, but what might be called the eternal human circus. At a three-ring show in 1958 he climbed to the top of the tent to view the performances of the famous liontamer Clyde Beatty and human cannonball Hugo Zacchini. His deeper interest lay in the daily lives of circus performers and producers--the roustabouts and riggers, and the pretty girl who rode an elephant in what was called the "spec." He also made an intimate series of a dwarf clown. In 1965 at a huge multi-ring coliseum show, Davidson took a more critical look at performances under a steel-and-concrete environment; continuing behind the scenes, his vision became sharper and more surreal. And in 1967, Davidson caught the elegant exuberance of an Irish one-ring circus. He photographed the kinds of performances that are the essence of the medium, including a face-to-face encounter with an exceptional trapeze artist. Most of these pictures are published here for the first time.

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Amazing work

More amazing, mostly never before seen photos from one of the master of the humanistic school of photojournalism. Great production from the leading publishing house - Steidl. Worth the price.

Gorgeous

What a beautiful book and what stunning pictures. I can only repeat this, one of my favorite movie quotes: For those that like that sort of thing it is the sort of thing they like!

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