Rainbow the clown, Butlins, Bognor Regis, 2011 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches captures Stokes in reflective mood

captures Stokes in reflective mood just a few months later

and her undeniable talent was frequently stymied on the greatest stage of all: at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta she competed with a stress fracture in her shin

The Guardian photographer Don McPhee captured the image in January 1979

With the dog’s jaws clamped around an Adidas Etrusco Unico football and its handler chuckling to himself

in the Derbyshire Peak District

Rainbow the clown, Butlins, Bognor Regis, 2011 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches captures Stokes in reflective moodGordon Sharpe, AKA Rainbow the Clown, applies his makeup at the Clowns International convention at Butlins, Bognor Regis, in March 2011. For photographer Martin Godwin, it was a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these people, who live slightly on the fringes. Some clowns, he says, are simply childrens entertainers. But this man was more of a lonely Buster Keaton figure he was rather quiet. I like his dyed hair, and slightly punky, alternative