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Twirling swirling fire

Flam Chen show, long exposure, lots of fire twirling and swirling about. Snakes of fire…which would be a good name for something. Maybe a candy or a condom.

Siamese twins, the top hat, and burlesque

The Siamese twins spin the fire, the girl in the top hat skips with her flames, and the burlesque stripper on the stage teases the crowd at the Flam Chen show.
[note: This photo was so close to being damn near perfectly composed, to my eye anyway, but it's tough to shift people when they're playing [...]

Eat that fire. EAT IT!

A fire eater at a Flam Chen show in Tucson. He should definitely have had some marshmallows to toast. Would it be weird to toast marshmallows over a guy’s flaming mouth? Or would that be wrong in a priest and little boy kind of way?

The shiny helmet

The girl was dressed as a human cannonball and all the reflections at the Flam Chen show from the fire twirlers and carnival performances and giant screen drew me like a moth to the shiny helmet.