Emily Ainsworth: Inside A Mexican Circus

London based National Geographic photographer Emily Ainsworth recently gave a talk as part of the National Geographic Live! series of lectures on her photographic experience shooting inside a Mexican circus.

Ainsworth was offered a job as a dancer in the Mexican circus after one of the previous performers was eaten by a large cat from the show – against all logic she agreed and was introduced to the amazing lives of the circus performers. She was even taught how to French kiss a tiger and dodge bullets and eventually became a friend of some of the performers.

Ainsworth was so enchanted by the circus that she gone back to the circus no less than 3 times in recent years shooting in very intimate situations that very few other photographers had the chance to record.

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Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.