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"The photographs in this book focus on the people--from midway
artists to roustabouts, from performers and their families to the
audiences who watch them each night--who create the magic of the
circus. Rogala's work presents the highs and lows of circus life
with a powerful combination of documentary pragmatism and empathy
that conveys day-to-day details with a sense of wonder. Her rich
black-and-white images follow light and shadow (and dust) from set
up to rehearsal to performance, with color photography underscoring
the drama of a red tent against a clear blue sky or the flash of
sequins under the spotlight.... Dynamism and a spirit of
collaboration are at the heart of circus life, animate Rogala's
archive, and are central to scholarship at the Smithsonian." (From
the introduction) Nearly two decades after Dawn Rogala's time
behind the scenes at America's circuses, Dawn Rogala donated her
photography archive to the National Museum of American History. The
Rogala Collection is the basis for Rogala and colleagues David
Haberstich and Shannon Perich to combine in one volume their
complementary expertise in photography. Rogala's essay revisits her
time as a young photographer, documenting day-to-day struggles and
triumphs of the workers who create a world of wonder for the rest
of us. Haberstich reviews the history of documentary photography
with an emphasis on depictions of people and their work, placing
Rogala's photographs in the context of the history of traveling
societies and immigrant groups. Perich explores the changing roles
and relationships between photography and the circus, both of which
matured amid industrialized economy, and discusses the Rogala
Collection's place in a long history of circus photography.
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