Growing up in New England as I did, I found the discovery of American documentary photographer Susan Meiselas and her images of of “carnival strippers” of particular interest. In her late twenties, Meiselas spent the collective summers of 1973, 1974, and 1975 taking pictures and interviewing women all across the region from Vermont (where most of the images in this post were taken) to South Carolina, who performed striptease acts in traveling carnivals.
A short film featuring images from the book “Carnival Strippers” by Susan Meiselas
