I made these images in Tulum Mexico on my way back from Guatemala. I decided to leave them more or less as they came out of my camera, grainy and a little red. I'm going to let the photos speak for themselves, and I trust people can make their own judgments as the if this is cruel and disgusting or just a harmless tradition.
2.09.2009
Cockfighting in Mexico
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It's pretty brutal stuff. It's one thing to let chickens fight, but when you add the steel talons, it's really, really wrong.
I've got that same basic set of images somewhere in b/w from about 25 years ago. If you desaturate your photos, they'd look nearly identical to mine. It is indeed a timeless endeavor--I don't want to call it sport.
It's very much like bullfighting. People who have never been, romanticize it. But to be there in person and hear a bull scream in pain and watch it bleed to death is really not sport.
These are good, important photos. Keep doing it. Let's try again to get together sometime.
That is really disgusting and terribly wrong!
Steve, i love what you do! I love the stories in your pictures. I give Carlos right. Keep doing it.
How is things with you? Where are ind the world are you? :)
I decided to live in Copenhagen - Denmark soon. So if you be any chance come by, just let me now. Text me on facebook.
Love from Charlotte - Xela - GUA
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