Clown Town #47

A note from photographer Slate Vernick about this image: "This gentleman was on his break from work. A few visitors had stopped for ice cream and could be easily overheard making jokes about him and the other citizens of Clown Town. When I asked why he and others persist with dressing like clowns against such common mockery and near persecution, he merely shrugged, and returned behind the counter to work." ----- This portrait is an excerpt from the photographic archives of beloved photographer Slate Vernick. From 2082-2084, Slate photographed the residents of Canaryville, a coastal community known to outsiders as "Clown Town." For almost two decades, the citizens of Canaryville had wide...View all