{"id":720,"date":"2015-09-21T12:40:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T12:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=720"},"modified":"2020-03-20T17:36:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:36:47","slug":"edinburgh-fringe-festival-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/edinburgh-fringe-festival-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Fringe Festival Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the characters promoting shows on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Fringe festival are quite colourful. Literally and figuratively. For example, how often have you come across a smiling zombie?<\/p>\n

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I can’t remember which show this young lady was promoting, but she was very cooperating and gave me a nice portrait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But not everyone liked to pose in a friendly manner. I got a number of rather scary looks.<\/p>\n

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While sitting on a kerb, this gentleman gave me some of his best scary impressions, You got to love the makeup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He was part of a group of theatre students from London if I remember correctly. Very friendly bunch, even though you couldn’t tell from this photograph!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I guess I’d be grumpy too if I had blood all over my face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the scary\/zombie theme is quite popular, at the Fringe Festival, you are just as likely to meet some real gentlemen.<\/p>\n

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The show “Distinguished Gentlemen” was described as an outrageous tale of lust and lunacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, may be not! In any event, the sight of a man in a wedding dress promoting the show “This Much (or an act of violence against marriage)” from the Moving Dust Company definitely cheered me up. Only at the Fringe!<\/p>\n

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I was not going to pass on this wonderful photo opportunity. The real challenge was getting a nice expression from the subject with no people n the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Statues are also an integral part of the Fringe Festival, and they come from all over the UK.<\/p>\n

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Lutrek Statues and Clowns are based in Bristol and London. They travel all over the UK and the World, according to their website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patience really paid off. I had seen this statue a couple of times as he was leaving the scene, and couldn’t manage to get a good pic. But the third time proved to be a charm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The colour match between the statue and the background is what caught my attention here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And no festival would really be complete without some clowns. I was really drawn to the colourful outfit.<\/p>\n

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I really like his outfit. Especially the hat. Don’t you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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