I used to belong to fotolog which was one of the original “Download your own photo” sites. Then Flickrcame along, and fotolog was having so many technical problems, and I jumped ship. I forgot all about fotolog, until I got an email telling me I had a comment on one of my old pages there. I checked out my old […]
Read moreJim Moore, the variety arts photographer who has probably photographed more clowns than anybody in the history of photography, has been doing something new– he’s been videotaping clowns. If you check out his YouTube videos (URL below), he’s putting up interviews with performers as they talk about their work, how they create their work, and even why they create their […]
Read moreIn 2001, I became the Clown Laureate of Greenbelt Maryland. As part of my work there, I curated a clown art exhibit, that featured over 50 pieces of artwork. I’ ve assembled some samples on a web page, and recently moved it to my own site: http://www.acmeclown.com/clownartexhibit/ The piece to the left is “Dunk the Clown” by artist Frank Wu […]
Read moreCarlyn Beccia is an illustrator and artist who is inspired by the world of the circus and clowns. She has been painting and performing various acts of circus baboonery since she was a wee young girl. She first tested her own creativity in the human cannonball act by projecting her sister across the room. Her sister had to have stitches, […]
Read moreI sat for a portrait with Bill Wadman, a photographer working on a 365 day project. Each day he takes a portrait of a different person, and posts it. It might be a book or a calendar, or a something one day. I’m 11/02. (and the rest of the photos are even more amazing!) He’s been doing this project for […]
Read moreSearching flickr is fun! I found this set of photographs from the opening day of Clown Festival festivities (can you have festival festivities? Or is that redundant? Aren’t all festival activities, by their definition, both festive, and festivities?) Anyway, these photographs are from the opening day, and include the Clown Parade and the Pie Fight. All these photos are by […]
Read moreI was trying to find some photos of the Clown Festival on Flickr, and I found this amazing set of photographs by a photographer named Kurt Dietrich. They are of the Clown Olympics, and although I wasn’t able to be there, they give a pretty good feeling of some of the great and crazy wackiness that must have gone on. […]
Read moreA friend of mine sent me this quote from this book, and I thought it was so fabulous I wanted to make sure to share it. As I’m teaching clowning this semester, this is particularly a propos. A lot of students will ask me if they are getting an exercise right or not, if they are doing it properly. With […]
Read moreIn 1974, mime and photographer Jim Moore became the right-hand-man for aerialist Philippe Petit during the secret preparations and daring guerilla tightrope walk between the two World Trade Center Towers. Thirty three years later, Jim is presenting his photographs of the event in oversized 50″ x 35″ Iris prints, including shots titled On the edge of the abyss, A Helicopter’s […]
Read moreAt the end of the 1990’s, a prominent art magazine chose photographer Cindy Sherman as one of the twenty-five most influential artists of the twentieth century. Cindy has photographed a number of subjects, using a “Role portrait” approach to astonish and amaze her audiences. Starting somewhere in 2002, she started photographing the subject of this blog: clowns. ‘I came to […]
Read moreOne of Matisse’s best known works, Jazz was a book created by Henri Matisse when he was recovering from a serious operation. The theme of the book is circus, and many of the images (Cut outs that are brightly colored and then re-printed) are from the circus. A beautiful print of The Clown in Jazz is available through ArtInAClick. See […]
Read moreTHE ACME CLOWN COMPANY Uses Popular Theatrical Traditions To Amaze, Educate, And Entertain Audiences Of All Ages. Specialities include puppetry, clowning, commedia dell’arte, circus skills, magic, melodrama, masks, and method acting. They perform shows, teach workshops and residencies, and coach and direct physical comedy and clown routines. The boss clown of the Acme Clown Company is Adam Gertsacov (the author […]
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