Last month, we kept seeing Brian Kelly‘s portraits of comedians popping up all over our news feed and we couldn’t help but take notice.

The event? Gilda’s LaughFest. The nation’s first-ever community-wide festival of laughter.

This major 10- day Midwest festival is based in Grand Rapids and includes events throughout West Michigan. Created by Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids and launched in March 2011 to celebrate laughter for the health of it, the festival features stand-up, improv, film, authors, community showcases, and a variety of seriously funny stuff.

Brian spent the festival photographing the funny people that were making the magic happen! He did a fantastic job capturing the different personalities of the various comedians, as well as creating some very visually appealing photos.

Check them out below.

To see the full set, please visit Brian’s tumblr and website.

Ben Roy

Ben Roy / ©Brian Kelly

 

Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham / ©Brian Kelly

 

Brian Posehn

Brian Posehn / ©Brian Kelly

 

Colin Mochrie

Coli Mochrie / ©Brian Kelly

 

Cristela Alonzo

Cristela Alonzo / ©Brian Kelly

 

Justin Wilman

Justin Wilman / ©Brian Kelly

 

Pete Holmes

Pete Holmes / ©Brian Kelly

 

Ryan Hamilton

Ryan Hamilton / ©Brian Kelly

 

Sinbad

Sinbad / ©Brian Kelly