“With Behind the Big Top, Ryan Stanley captured everything that goes into creating Circus Flora: real people bringing all of their hard work, ideas, and talents together to create magic.”

Ryan Stanley doesn’t just come to the circus and take pictures from the front, he goes behind the scenes, gets to know the people, and captures moments out of the ring and away from the spotlight as well as during the show. Ryan’s Behind the Big Top gives you a holistic view, in and out of the ring, of the ordinary people who do the extraordinary, superhuman things that make a circus.