Bullfighting in Pueblos
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Photographer
JORDI COHEN
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Jury Top 5 Selection
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Date of Photograph
2022
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Socials
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Website
Bullfighting in Pueblos is a personal project developed in the last two years that tries to capture popular bullfighting in some small towns in Spain and Portugal. Precariously built bullrings in the main squares of the towns, amateur bullfighters, audiences in the ring... Extremely dangerous situations are often experienced in the ring. Professional bullfighters mix with amateurs ("maletillas"), who fight for a few coins at the end of the fight...
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Biography
Jordi Cohen is a free-lance documentary photographer based in Barcelona. His work has been published in the New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, Mirror, Sunday Telegraph, CNN Blog, Leica Magazine, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Photo France, XL Semanal and Piel de Foto among others.Has exhibited in Europe and America, to highlight San Diego Art Institute, CEH “Manege” St. Petersburg, Royal Geographical Society of London, Gallería Hector Garcia of Mexico City, International Festival of Social Photography in Sarcelles (France), Couvent des Minimes of Perpignan.
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Awards
His work has been awarded by organizations such as Pictures of the Year – POY (1), Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (4), POY Latam (3), International Photography Awards (IPA), PX3 (3), Travel Photographer of the Year (3), Moscow International Photo Awards (3), China International Photo Press Contest (3), Tokyo International Foto Awards (3), Humanity Photography Awards (2), VISA pour L’Image (VISA pour l’ANI), ASISAFOTO and Descubrimientos Photoespaña.
