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A black & white portrait photo of a performer standing with an aerial rope coiled around his neck.

The Extraordinary – Circus Portraits // Guy Bellingham (UK)

An exhibition by photographer Guy Bellingham FRPS. Guy has spent the last three decades performing in circus and cabaret, over the past five years he has taken hundreds of portraits of fellow circus artists that he’s met along the way. Using a huge 8×10 bellows camera and the mercurial wet plate collodion process he has captured; aerialists, knife-throwers, clowns, jugglers, sideshow artists and performers of all kinds. This is a rare chance to see a choice selection of prints of Bristol based circus artists from this ongoing project that has won both national and international awards.

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Event Info:

This event was part of Circus City 2025 and took place from Thursday 9th – Thursday 30th Oct

Venue: The Exhibition Corridor, Bristol Central Library

Admission to this exhibition was free

Image Credit: Jack Reese by Guy Bellingham