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John Midgley and his Brooklyn Circus project were honored in the 2011 Silver Iris Competition, sponsored by Corbis and Creative Review. The brief for the contest was “Urbanization,” and the judges were looking for “imagery inspired by the common consciousness of urban dwellers” as well as “the personality of the city itself.” John was one of the competition’s three winners (the others were Michael Whelan and Alex Bland).
“John Midgley’s series takes us back in time,” the judges wrote, “and also reminds us that our vibrant urban culture has been growing for quite some time. The real-feel aesthetic grabbed our attention but it was the cast and detail in the styling that impressed us most.”
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Photo by John Midgley, from his series "The Brooklyn Circus."
Photo by John Midgley.
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John is presently shopping around a book based on this body of work. In the meantime, he’s posted a collection of the images at issuu.com. Click the image below for a look.
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