Alexander Thompson

Photojournalist

Scare for the Cure

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Location: Austin, Tx

Nationality: U.S. Citizen

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A clown leaves the makeup trailer and is heading to his position before the pre-show.

Lily Romano gets her clown makeup done by a volunteer artist.

Chris Moredock (Left) and Zena Dawn (right) share a moment and meet the juggler who is ‘killed’ in the carnival story.

Zena Dawn cleans a cloth they used to filter out homemade fake blood before the start of the pre-show.

James Loftus-Mercer takes a break before working on lights and other technical instruments for the carnival.

John Neemidge mans the ticket booth as the sun sets. Guests go to the ticket booth and John sends in a group every 5 minutes.

Roger Grey plays the character Scottish Strongman. Grey is the first person the guests meet and get locked in a jail cell.

A group of guests get blasted by the ‘gore canon’ in the doctor's room.

Jim shea pops out of the jack in the box towards the end of the carnival story. The guests must give him all the key items in order to finish.

The train conductor, Jaime Ailshire, drove the guests from the finish of the carnival back to the main hub.

Jarrett Crippen leads the group meeting at 2:00 a.m. Crippen is the founder of Scare for the Cure.

Public Story

Scare for the Cure

Copyright Alexander Thompson 2024

Updated Apr 2020

Topics Activism, Cancer, Community, Photojournalism

May 11, 2020

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