BEYOND THE CURTAIN

The hidden reality of the Circus

The Circus is the dreamy show for excellence, with rarefied and magical atmospheres, a continuous contamination between actions and words, between dream and reality. Beyond everything that appears to us there are them, men, animals and their lives. Through my photos, which I made over a year by going in their caravans, attending the shows under their awnings and above all observing them fron behind the scenes, walking among the caravan houses outside the limelight, in different places in Tuscany and Umbria, you have a different vision and concept of their existence. A picture emerges that describes people proud of their art, families who pass down the secrets of the trade from generation to generation, people who have respect for others and for the animals that live with them. It was an incredible journey that brought out a variegated world, made up of sacrifices, stubborness, trials and trials of the same number, impossible challenges, fatigue, commitment, pain, joy and sweat.