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Book - Circus

Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson’s latest book brings together his work in three very different American circuses across a decade of the mid-twentieth century. Davidson’s poetic and profound eye reveals not only the circus that is passing away, but takes us through what could be called the eternal circus. At a three-ring show in 1958 Davidson climbed to the top of the tent to view the performances of famous lion-tamer Clyde Beatty and human-cannonball Hugo Zacchini. His deeper interest was in the daily lives of circus people – the roustabouts, riggers, a pretty girl who rode an elephant in the “spec”, and an intimate...

Bruce Davidson 1958

USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. Jimmy Armstrong at Clyde Beatty...

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Bruce Davidson 1958

USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. The Dwarf.

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Bruce Davidson 1958

USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. Jimmy Armstrong.

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Bruce Davidson 1958

USA. New Jersey. 1958. Beatty-Cole-Hamid Circus at Palisades...

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Bruce Davidson 1958

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Bruce Davidson 1958

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USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. Jimmy Armstrong.

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Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Raleigh, North Carolina. 1965. Ringling Brothers and Barnum...

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