This post originally appeared on Slate. By Jordan G. Teicher Some children dream of running away and joining the circus, Norma I. Quintana dreamed of photographing it. In 1999, Circus Chimera, a one-ring operation, came to Napa, California, where Quintana lives.* Initially, she thought she'd only photograph the Oklahoma-based group for a few days. But after becoming "totally seduced by the circus world," she devoted nearly a decade of her life to it. "If I could drive to see them, I'd spend a co...
This post originally appeared on Slate. By Jordan G. Teicher Some children dream of running away and joining the circus, Norma I. Quintana dreamed of photographing it. In 1999, Circus Chimera, a one-ring operation, came to Napa, California, where Quintana lives.* Initially, she thought she'd only photograph the Oklahoma-based group for a few days. But after becoming "totally seduced by the circus world," she devoted nearly a decade of her life to it. "If I could drive to see them, I'd spend a co...
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