Carny: Americana on the Midway
Virginia Lee Hunter traveled throughout the United States for a decade photographing a slice of Americana, documenting the lives of carnies and carnival-goers alike in a body of work that is part coming-of-age chronicle, part road movie. Capturing colorful images of picaresque county fairs, Carny goes behind the bright lights into the elusive, lurid carnival milieu, sneaking a peak into the tawdry and sometimes menacing world behind the carny’s garish public spaces, while simultaneously...
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Explores the relentless, wacky, eerie energy of old-time American summers and Carnivals through vivacious imagery. The Washington Post - Rachel Hartigan Shea In the photographs in Carny—which are accompanied by suitably surreal song lyrics from Tom Waits—she captures the bright lights of the tilt-a-whirl and the seedy thrill of games with dubious odds and cheap prizes.
\ Rachel Hartigan SheaIn the photographs in Carny—which are accompanied by suitably surreal song lyrics from Tom Waits—she captures the bright lights of the tilt-a-whirl and the seedy thrill of games with dubious odds and cheap prizes.\ —The Washington Post\ \
