What makes ventriloquist dummies so incredibly creepy? There is a certain undefinable eeriness to the inanimate wooden dolls, ...

Achmed and Walter aren't Dunham's only characters. There's the wisecracking Peanut, who is manic and irreverent. Jose ...

Ryan Bomgardner spends much of the year traveling with his “friends” — the ventriloquist dummies to whom he gives voice and life for audiences around the world. An Ephrata native ...

How did you choose ventriloquist’s dummies as the subject of your book? In my practice as a photographer and director, I'm constantly looking for inspiration. I always seem to find it in a ...