Saturday, August 07, 2004

CARNIES! A Photo Essay (of sorts) (Please click here, I beg of you. And comment!)


"The freaks'll stay together, they're a tight old crew
You'll look at them, and they look at you
I love the ballyhoo girl but she don't care
It's hard to find love anywhere." - Mark Knopfler, Devil Baby

Yes, Gentle Viewer, they look, and what they see ain't pretty...Posted by Hello
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, February 07, 2005 5:00:00 PM

    I have a book from the UK, it tells the story of a troupe of Carnies rolling around the hills and ways of merry old England. I love those kinds of stories. Carnies are unique people. When I lived in Miami they would come every year to put on our Youth Fair. Over the years we got to know some of the repeat visitors.

    Very Kewl... That would be an interesting job for a summer.

    Jeremy

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  2. aughraMonday, February 07, 2005 5:50:00 PM

    Nice composition on quite a few of those. Very nice.

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  3. jkirlinMonday, February 07, 2005 8:45:00 PM

    rylosag sent me my first spam. :)

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  4. aughraMonday, February 07, 2005 9:34:00 PM

    I got that from her/him, too, and also deleted it!

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  5. amyTuesday, February 08, 2005 2:34:00 PM

    I've been meaning to post a comment since you were so kind as to post something for me. Great work especially with this essay! I really enjoy looking through all the photographs on your site.

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  6. wahTuesday, February 08, 2005 4:47:00 PM

    very cute photo!!!
    carnies? hahaha!!!

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  7. Gift From VirgoWednesday, February 09, 2005 8:41:00 PM

    Which one are you?

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  8. jkirlinWednesday, February 09, 2005 9:40:00 PM

    I'm not in this photo for 2 reasons:

    1) There are 2 sides to a camera and I'm certain which side I belong on.

    2) I never assembled the Sea Dragon so I wasn't worthy.

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  9. neeneThursday, February 17, 2005 8:05:00 PM

    well, i started comenting individually on the photos, but i'll just say here that you captured a number of things:
    the beauty of those brash & gaudy fairgrounds on a brilliant sunny day
    an intimacy in the portraits
    loved the tats & piercings: so clearly a mainstay of the culture

    nice work overall with a high percentage of really strong images

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  10. jkirlinFriday, February 18, 2005 12:20:00 AM

    Thanks, neene! Yeah, I was pretty pleased with most of the photos. It's hard to take an uninteresting or bland looking photo in that environment so I sort of felt like it was cheating. I'll be posting more later than have less to do with the Carnies just because they are so visually...ummm...visual. Just nice to look at. So I'm proud of them.

    These guys were so far from my experience with the tattoos and piercings, hard work, and vagabond lifestyle that I was just fascinated, not so much by them but that they sort of took an interest in SHOWING *ME* things.

    It was an honor.

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  11. kevinSaturday, December 23, 2006 11:02:00 AM

    Nice, I know a number of people in these photo's, thanks, now I'm itching for the road again. if you want to trade links I'll put you on my Diary of a Carny site Blog.

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