Maeve Hickey, Artist & Photographer
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An Irish Family Circus: on the road with Fossett's

Nearly one hundred and twenty years old, Fossett's claims to be the oldest continuously performing circus in Europe. Maeve Hickey travelled with the circus in 2009. Her combination of behind-the-scenes, performance, and portrait photographs captures the wonderful mix of exotic magic and familial intimacy that Fossetts still brings to far-flung corners of Ireland.