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Photo by @rezaphotography #Xinjiang
Of Man and Animals
One subject to which one is often a witness is the complex relationship between men and animals. In China, in the region of Xinjiang in Eastern Turkestan, men come together in the green plateaus of the foothills of the Pamir Mountains. There, they practice the sport of buzkashi, which resembles polo. The regional variant of this Central Asian sport here is that it is played, not on horseback, but rather on yaks.
The plains resound with the charging of these herds of animals, led by men into clashes of extreme violence. It is a harsh ordeal for the animals. Beyond the panorama of the clashing herds, I wanted to capture the expressions of the animals, their tension, and their suffering over the course of this game. In order to take such a photo, one had to be in the center of the melee. So there I was, my bag was entrusted to my assistant, with both cameras slung over my shoulders: one with a zoom, the other without. One has to gauge distance flawlessly to prevent being trampled. And get out of the way once you are done! Then it begins again. It was another sort of combat I was engaged in, that of the photographer fighting to survive.
Published in "Derrière l'objectif" (Hoëbeke Publishing, 2010)
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