"CIRQUE"  is the culmination of over a year's documentation of photography covering the TIGI world tour from 2010 to 2011. It was designed as a feature in the forthcoming book 'Backstage 2' and also as promotional advertorial which featured in a variety of magazines including 'Another' by Dazed publishing UK. 

The aim was to recreate on page the ethereal magic that comes from the live performances as well as the chaos.

There were over 10,000 images to choose from, every one capturing a moment in time. Sometimes a facial expression can change in a millisecond and the photograph's message will be completely different.  It was a challenge to do the cull and took several rounds, before settling on our favourites.
The broken-up style and overlapping imagery creates a kind of tension and deliberately disorientates the viewer by taking images out of context and sometimes placing them among other images from future or past shows from the same tour. Thus each composition becomes greater than the sum of its parts communicating the overall experience.

The grunge texture and brash colour palette complement the associations our society tends to hold for those who belong to the circus. Rebellious, marginal, outsider, free.

Art Direction: Eleanor Ferguson/Anthony Mascolo

Photography: Anthony Mascolo/Roberto Aguilar; Alex Baron-Hough/Ben Cook

Client: Anthony Mascolo/TIGI International Hair Care

year 2010-2011