Caption

Black and white photograph from the 1950s showing lion tamer giving male lion kiss of death with baby on his arm, tradition among circus performers

Date

Jan 18, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra / Philippe Clément

Reference

BRK25B27_474

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,0Mb (4,4Mb) / 16,3in x 12,2in / 4884 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

black on black white young young leisure recreation entertainment entertainments circus circuses endangered specie endangered species threatened species IUCN male animal male animals male male adult male point pointing points indicate show showing shows indicating indicates arm arms Feliformia Feliformias Feliformia Aeluroidea Feloidea Felidae Carnivora Predator Predator animal of prey predatory animal beast of prey animal of preys predatory animals beasts of prey wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife hunt hunt hunting hunts foraging foraging search for food searches for food searching for food forage hunting food foraging for food search of food looking for food animal feed animal feeds food fodder animal behaviour animal behaviour animal animals wildlife fauna feed feeding feeds eat eating eats Lion Panthera leo Lions custom customs tradition traditions feeding feeding ingestion typical characteristic traditional traditionally predatory cat Pantherinae predatory cats cat of prey historic historical historically male males young animal young animals cub pup suckling youngs cubs pups yuvenile hatchling hatchlings yuveniles sucklings youngster youngs animal child animal childs presentation demonstration circus artist circus artists circus performer acrobat acrobats artist acrobatics acrobatics prey prey preys catch catches catching 50s Fifties 1950s Mammal Mammalia Mammals Mammalian Mammalians give giving gives show shows performance act artistic artistical artistry artistry animal of prey animals of prey prey animal prey animals Endangered animal Endangered animals one person 1 person single person baby animal baby animals baby juvenile juveniles juvenil capture prey preying preys preyed capturing captured captures wildlife photography wildlife photography Cirkus black-white black and white black-and-white natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments Big cat Big cats succumbed killed hunted male lion Kill Death kiss Kiss of death Black-and-white shot Black-and-white shots Black and white photo SW photo SW image black and white photograph Black and white image Circus performer