Bruce Davidson: Circus
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3958290175 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An unknown book" according to Marco Paoluzzo. Unfortunately a book that vanished in the flood of new publications. If you like Circus and of course Bruce Davidson, this is the book to have. Wonderfully printed by Steidl.. M.A.H. Lipsch said Five Stars. Excellent!!. "Essential photography book." according to Philip N. Wright. Masterpiece. Buy this book and savour it. Learn just about everything there is to know about photography through it, and a lot about humanity.
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. 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. Most of these pictures are published here for the first time.. 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. 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. He reveals not only the swiftly vanishing cultural phenomenon of