Circus Knie, Photographed By Lawrence Migdale, (1976) George Eastman House Collection

Migdale, Lawrence
American (b. South Africa, 1951-)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Portrait of Male Circus Performer-Circus Knie

1976
gelatin silver print
13.6 x 20.1 cm.
Museum Purchase
77:0019:0008

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Lawrence Migdale", England, London, Half Moon Gallery, July - August, 1976.//
copyright, Lawrence Migdale
NOTES: Circus Knie is the Swiss National Circus. Catalogued 5/90, MMC.
SUBJECT: portrait, male

George Eastman House

Circus Knie, Photographed By Lawrence Migdale, (1976) George Eastman House

There were Circus types before Lawrence Migdale. Before Mary Ellen Mark, before Diane Arbus. Plenty enough to go around.

Migdale, Lawrence 
American (b. South Africa, 1951-)
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Circus Midget at Scenic Overlook-Circus Knie
1976 
gelatin silver print 
13.4 x 19.1 cm. 
Museum Purchase 
77:0019:0031
EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Lawrence Migdale", England, London, Half Moon Gallery, July - August, 1976.//
copyright, Lawrence Migdale
NOTES: Circus Knie is the Swiss National Circus. Catalogued 5/90, MMC.
SUBJECTS: 
occupation, circus performer 
landscape, aerial perspective


George Eastman House Collection

Johnny Eck The Half-Boy, Actor, Race Car Driver, Poet, Painter, And Much More!

Image via: LitteredGlass

Johnny Eck, "The King Of Freaks" imdb

Date of Birth:
27 August 1911, Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Date of Death:
5 January 1991, Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Mini Biography:
Johnny Eck was born John Echkardt, twenty minutes after his twin... more
Trivia:
Was displayed in the late 1930s in several Ripley's Believe It Or Not... more

Actor:

* 1940s
* 1930s

1. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) (uncredited) .... Bird

2. Tarzan Escapes (1936) (uncredited) .... Gooney-Bird
3. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) (uncredited) .... Bird creature
4. Freaks (1932) .... Half Boy
... aka Forbidden Love (USA: informal title)
... aka Nature's Mistakes (USA: informal title)
... aka The Monster Show
Self:
1. Freaks Uncensored! (1999)

See Also:  'Freaks And The Johnny Eck Museum'