Lyudmila Shevchenko 1975

Lyudmila & Vladimir Shevchenko.1 - 1975, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. These performers, for the most part are only known by name and reputation in the West. Two of the pictures that caught my immediate attention are of animal trainer Lyudmila Shevchenko. In the first picture Ms. Shevchenko does a split, between and supported by the backs of two lionesses. In the second picture Ms. Shevchenko is held by her husband high over his head while a tiger jumps from pedestal to pedestal over her prone body. I had never seen anything like it before. Henry