Photo of the Week

I came across this photograph in a catalogue of World Press Photo Awards from 2006 and I thought that the aerial angle and almost visible vibrations of the shot were simply superb. The photograph depicts a rodeo bullring with a matador and the image resonated with scenes of bullfights Ernest Hemingway wrote about in his novel The Sun Also Rises. The novel was the first time I paid attention to the popularity and artistry of the spanish traditional sport and was able to see the power and grace behind the brutality of bullfighting. The image below is well balanced and almost abstract in appearance with a flaring of red in opposite corners and the horse and rider splayed outwards in an impossible fashion. The line of white lifts the picture to give it more dimension, adding gravity, movement and tension to the powerful scene.