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Bullfight: The Pas De Deux - Hardcover

Sanchez, Ricardo B.

 
9780983270218: Bullfight: The Pas De Deux
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 098327021X ISBN 13: 9780983270218
Verlag: Glitterati Inc, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Photographer Ricardo Sanchez's vivid artworks and text reflect this exquisite pas de deux, where the bull and the bullfighter trace the lines and forms of their existence with each pass. An intersection of tradition, culture, art, and nature; this book visually demonstrates that a bullfight is a ballet's pas de deux and offers a different view on what is sometimes considered a brutal sport.

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RICARDO B. SANCHEZ was born in Caracas, Venezuela and educated in Massachusetts at Deerfield Academy, Tufts University, and The Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. For the past decades he has photographed bullfighters at top arenas in Spain and today examines through his lens other cultural subjects of Spain, where he currently resides. His work is in the collection of New York City's International Center of Photography, among other major museums in the United States and abroad, and he has exhibited his work widely in America and Europe.

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In this unrivaled collection, photographer Ricardo B. Sanchez’s vividly arresting artwork and text reflect a marvelous “pas de deux,” where the bull and the bullfighter trace the lines and forms of their existence with each encounter in the ring. Here is a unique study of the intersection of tradition, culture, art, and nature in this ancient rite that the author compares to a ballet’s pas de deux.

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The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous combination of athleticism and artistry, and its requisite display of grace under pressure, ignited Hemingway's imagination and inspired him to write his classic work on the subject, "Death in the Afternoon." That same inspiration has taken hold of photographer Ricardo B. Sanchez to create the most unique and elegant record of what is and has always been one of the most controversial "sports" practiced by man. Some contend that bullfighting remains one of the most artful and sophisticated means by which some cultures celebrate the bravery of the hunter. This ancient ritual illustrates the complex relationship between predator and prey, and between culture and nature.

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Bullfighting celebrates the domination and conquest of the fighting bull. It is a real and vital blood rite regardless of whether it is judged as good or evil. I am interested in the idea that we, as predators, kill to live and live to kill. Our intelligence allows us to manipulate, control and pretentiously attempt to dominate what we consider to be “nature,” a “nature” that Western culture has always feared and admired because it is the giver and taker of life. Bullfighting is a ritual with a strict order imposed to simulate the principles of the eternal conflicts between life and death. The bull and bullfighter create a dance in which time, space and energy converge between light and darkness. My photographs record a reflection of this incomprehensible and passionate pas de deux, where the bull and bullfighter trace the lines and forms of their existence with each pass, confronting their lives with their destiny. As an investigation of the photographic language, these photographs are clearly a combination of what the eye can see as apparently real, and what can only be seen as a product of photographic technology. I have photographed the extensive variety of passes portraying the dialogue that occurs between that which moves and that which stays still. These photographs strive to illustrate the proper execution of the passes performed in the arena. These are images that suggest a relationship between the controllable and the uncontrollable, between what is apparently static and what is constantly moving.


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Verlag
Glitterati Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
098327021X
ISBN 13 
9780983270218
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
175
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