bous a la mar (bulls to the sea) is a popular spectacle held during the "Fiesta mayor", a week long festival in Dénia, Spain, to honour the Santisima Sangre (Holy Blood).
Several bulls and/or sometimes cows are forced to run down the main street Marqués de Campo into a makeshift arena that opens to the harbour on one side.
here men (women not allowed into the arena) try to lure the bulls into the water using plastic toys, sticks, flags or instinct.
if the animals can avoid that, they are released from the arena under applause and the next one is led in.
crowd is waiting, sweets and drinks are being sold.
injuries happen. on both sides.
animals keep their dignity, which can not always be said of the audience, both those in the arena and those watching...
Dorothee Rapp is an award winning fine art photographer
living in the northwest of germany
working almost exclusively in black and white.
Awards Honorable Mention in the "Altered Images" competition PX3 Paris 2012 (louvre dream - paris pas vu)
Honorable Mention Px3 2012 for the set (3 images) "CellOpera" and bronze medal of the people's choice awards
silver medal (advertisement, music) in the Px3 2012 people's choice awards
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