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Hand Puppets of Southern Italy, photos by Michael Early

March 2, 2012 By Puppeteers of America

From Michael Early’s Google Plus page:

“In Southern Italy the puppet show is alive and going strong. Year round they have outside puppet shows that are as fun at christmas when you are bundled up with hot chocolate as it is in June when you have snow cones and belly laughs so hard it hurts. I was lucky enough to get to shoot a private collection of a private masters hundred year old family collection. I had to shoot them in a small auditorium, but hope to get them to let me have them all to be shot on black background with proper lighting.”

You can see all of Michael Early’s beautiful photos here.

Filed Under: Puppet Headlines Tagged With: Hand puppets, International - Over Seas +$34, Italy

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