Armando Farfan and two other "Flying Farfans" members practice outdoors. The "Flying Farfans" are a fifth-generation, family-comprised aerialist act that perform at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Armando Farfan has spent his entire life in and around circuses. In his youth, he was a world class aerialist. Today, he works as the manager and trainer of the "Flying Farfans", a fifth generation, family comprised, aerialist act performing regularly at the Circus-Circus hotel. Farfan was born and raised in Santiago, Chile, where le learned his craft from his father. In 1967, however, tired of traveling for many years with the Ringling Brothers Circus, Farfan moved to Las Vegas to raise his family and to enjoy for the first time, a "normal" life.