Thursday, February 12, 2004

Torero - Photographs by Ruven Afanador






Eduardo Gallo Espinosa 
"El Gallo"
Salamanca, Spain
2001
Gelatin silver print

In his incredilbe series "TORERO: Matadors from Colombia, Mexico, Perú, and Spain" photographer Ruven Afanador turns the notion of Matadors as the ultimate symbols of machismo on it's head. Instead, these lithe and athletic figures become feminised and sexualised in some truly surprising and inspired photographs.

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Torero - Photographs by Ruven Afanador

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