Step Right This Way: The Photographs Of Edward J. Kelty Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Book by Kelty, Edward J., Barth, Miles, Siegel, Alan M., Hoagland, Edward
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Barnes & Noble; First Edition edition (November 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760737843
ISBN-13: 978-0760737842
Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 10.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #917,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #79 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theater > Circus #1357 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Visual Arts > Photography #1486 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Photojournalism & Essays > Photo Essays
Though this is a large book, you will probably finish reading it in one evening. The only text is a breezy 34 page introduction, with accompanying pictures. The rest of the book is mostly full-page pictures with very minimal captions. At least half the time, the captions are no more than what is already written on the original picture - it makes me think that the authors (presumably Barth & Siegel, though there is no text by them, the introduction was written by Edward Hoagland) were told that a published book has to caption the pictures, so they did the minimum amount of work necessary. For the pictures without information written on them, the captions consist of a year and a location, circus or performance house...very minimal!Though the introduction is a very nice read, it has no depth and skips all over the place, to wherever Mr. Hoagland thought to go next. It talks a little about some of the pictures, a little about Mr. Kelty, the circuses, the times and the challenges faced. This leaves the reader to look at the pictures and take them for face value, just like the people who came to the circus in the 30's. We have no background information, no introduction, and no inside information - all we can do is "stare at the freaks". I believe that is really the point of the book. Though I have no first-person reference, as the advertisement in the Introduction says:"We have the fattest women in the world, and the tallest man, and a girl who has no arms or legs, and midgets who are married! Have you ever seen a camel spit, or seals play catch, or elephants stand on their heads? A man with reptile scales who was once just like you! And the Good Lord made him. Can you finish your ice cream after you have looked at him?"...Good question!
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