The magazine of the photo-essay
May 2017 back issue
by Norma I. Quintana
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
For nearly a decade, photographer Norma I. Quintana followed an
American, traveling one-ring circus photographing its acrobats, aerialists
and artists. Not satisfied to snap images from the stands, Quintana
photographed her subjects in motion, perfecting their craft.
Circus: A Traveling Life documents the everyday lives of these performers,
behind the big top.
Ballerina and her poodle.
Broken mirror.
Chalk.
Circus pole performer and son.
Crawling aerialist.
Cube.
Fridman
Imperial spinning.
Maternal intermission.
Mirror.
Patriarch.
Performer with police.
Resting jester.
Wheel of destiny.
Tiny contortionist.
Stilts.
Starlet.
Trapeze hands.
