Danse Macabre: Beginning of the End
Féria de Nîmes. Matador: El Juli
A much-disputed "art," bullfighting has been outlawed in many places but still takes place in Nîmes where some 20k spectators gather twice a year.
My intention here is to record what I saw, leaving it up to you to decide what seems admissible. I saw this but once, seven years ago...and I only looked at these photos in recent months, photos which were probably taken to avoid watching the fight itself.
The bull, if he wins (sometimes the judges spare his life), retires to pasture and sires new calves. If he doesn't, the meat is immediately transferred to butchers' vans, waiting at the exit to the arena. In some cases, the meat is given to the poor.
This photo struck me for the almost symmetrical body language in the matador which mirrored that of the bull.
Danse Macabre: Beginning of the End
Féria de Nîmes. Matador: El Juli
A much-disputed "art," bullfighting has been outlawed in many places but still takes place in Nîmes where some 20k spectators gather twice a year.
My intention here is to record what I saw, leaving it up to you to decide what seems admissible. I saw this but once, seven years ago...and I only looked at these photos in recent months, photos which were probably taken to avoid watching the fight itself.
The bull, if he wins (sometimes the judges spare his life), retires to pasture and sires new calves. If he doesn't, the meat is immediately transferred to butchers' vans, waiting at the exit to the arena. In some cases, the meat is given to the poor.
This photo struck me for the almost symmetrical body language in the matador which mirrored that of the bull.