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Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue

Type

Sideshow and performance photography

Venue

Come and Take It Live, Austin

Date

August 28, 2022

Delivered

46 edited images

Photography

Sven Teel, Blackheart Media Productions

Come and Take It Live, Austin

The Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue rolled into Austin with fire, swords, contortion and a whole lot of attitude.

Fire fans, fire eating, sword swallowing, handstands on stacked barrels, and a ringmaster in a studded jacket holding it all together. Sideshow is my favorite thing to shoot because every act is built around one moment, and you only get it once.

This set is a love letter to that moment. Big thanks to the whole Hellzapoppin crew.

Bearded performer breathing a column of fire under red light

Performer holding a flaming fan on a barrel stage in front of the sideshow banner

Acrobat in a one-handed handstand above the Circus Sideshow Revue banner

Performer tilting her head back to swallow a blade

Acrobat balancing a handstand on a barrel through stage fog

Performer balancing a lantern on his face under starburst lights

Performer spinning two flaming fans on the barrel stage

Ringmaster leaning over a bed of flames beside a striped barrel

Shirtless performer holding two flaming torches wide

Performer eating fire on the barrel stage

Acrobat in a handstand spinning hoops on his feet

Performer in a sequined leotard under starburst lights

Top-hatted performer raising a flaming torch

Bearded performer leaning back with two flaming fans

Masked performer raising a power tool overhead under blue light

Ringmaster in a studded jacket and cowboy hat under laser beams

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