Kicking Sawdust

Running Away with the Circus and Carnival

Clayton Anderson, Jack Pierson, Katharine Kavanagh

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English

Daylight Books
11 January 2021

Individual photographers; Photographs: portraits; Photographic reportage; Circus

The world changes and we evolve. We come to realize that wild animals are not happy in captivity and that showcasing people with differences/disabilities is insensitive. Barnum and Bailey (the animal circus) closes after 146 years while Cirque du Soleil (the human circus) thrives. These photos capture some of the essence of a disappearing way of life.

Photographs by: Clayton Anderson
Foreword by: Jack Pierson
Contributions by: Katharine Kavanagh
Imprint: Daylight Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 254mm,
ISBN: 9781942084921
ISBN 10: 1942084927
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 11 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clayton Anderson is a photographer and advertising art director who lives and works in New York City. In 1988 Clayton went out on the road to work in the circus, carnival and fair circuit with the family’s traveling cinnamon roll food concession. He brought along a camera and photographed his experiences there. This year his circus work was shown at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) in Tampa, FL. and the SE Center for Photography in Greenville, SC. Some of his newer work will be shown at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. Clayton worked for and was mentored by some noted photographers that include Jack Pierson, David Seidner, Josef Astor and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Kicking Sawdust, published by Daylight Books, is his first monograph. Jack Pierson was born in 1960 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1984. He lives and works in New York. Pierson has had recent solo exhibitions at the CAC Malaga, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and the Aspen Art Museum. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other museums worldwide. Pierson is represented by Cheim & Read, New York. Katharine Kavanagh has a background in devised performance; she has been writing about circus since 2013 when she launched The Circus Diaries – a multi-platform hub for critical discourse centered on the circus arts. In addition to exploring how critical practices are nurtured among circus professionals, Katharine also leads workshops and residencies and lectures at the National Centre for Circus Arts in London. She has recently been awarded funding from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council to undertake a PhD, commencing in September 2018 at the School of English, Language and Communication at Cardiff University.

Reviews for Kicking Sawdust: Running Away with the Circus and Carnival

There is a warmth and humanity to everyone documented within the pages of this beautiful world printed in stunning black and white. - Analog Forever Magazine, January 17, 2021 Kicking Sawdust: Running Away with the Circus and Carnival, doesn't glamorize, it humanizes. While not the everyday experience for most, the collection of images normalizes the day to day existence of life on the road. - Art Daily When daily life is shared-with anyone, in any context-this intimate kind of knowing facilitates the forming of a kind of family. Perhaps existing in just that one dimension, perhaps for only that specific time and space in one's life; but seeing people first thing in the morning, trading chores, witnessing the range of emotions humans navigate in daily life, familiarizes and connects. - All-About-Photo