Comments on: John Claridge’s Clowns (Act One) https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tuppy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-94420 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:17:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-94420 Thank you so much for including my picture, John. I really had no idea what to expect when you took our photographs, but the results are superb. You made the day at Dalston een more special! Best regards from Adelaide, Tuppy & Stephen.

]]> By: Catherine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-90853 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:20:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-90853 John, I cannot imagine being amongst all these clowns. I look for my favourite, it is hard, maybe Tuppy, or Snoozy, or Mr Woo for his eyes. We have all been clowning, they bring tears to my eyes (I should be laughing). You found and got to know them – in only an afternoon!

]]> By: Carol Bosworth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-89298 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:33:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-89298 ,lovely shots, I love the texture you have on the makeup ,how it changes the colour and look of the clowns . Wonderful.wish I could have been there .

]]> By: Olga Secerov https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-89023 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:19:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-89023 these are really extraordinary photographs and extraordinary people. really unique.

]]> By: David Drakes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88815 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:36:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88815 Well, would you believe it?! . . . has JC’s lens gone crazy?! . . . colour?! . . . what will his pugilistic friends make of it?! . . . or is he just clowning around between bouts?!!!

]]> By: Eamonn Gearon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88491 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88491 Was it ever possible to match clowns with boxers? Or perhaps make-up the boxers and remove the slap from the faces of the clowns, dressing them in shorts instead?

Wonderful portraits, John. Thank you.

]]> By: Gerry Coe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88488 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:25:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88488 Great series John, Even under the makeup the personalities come through. Loved Tuppy and big scary Tofu… G

]]> By: simon meyrick-jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88487 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:23:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88487 Fantastic!The colour is extraordinary and the images have an almost hallucinatory clarity
which brings out the individual characters of the clowns.Just wonderful

]]> By: Marien de Goffau https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88476 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:45:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88476 All so different, so personal, so emotional, so nice, and each clown is telling his or her story. Or is it music? A story in photography and music in the act?
Beautiful.

]]> By: Alan Gilbey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/11/john-claridges-clowns-act-one/#comment-88473 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:01:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80782#comment-88473 And behind the make up who knows what you might find. Tofu the clown is also Tony Allen one of the pioneers of Alternative Comedy, and a regular at Speakers Corner too!

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