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berek (50518) 2005-11-05 7:50

Hi Mingfang

Nice B&W capture. good composition. meaningful picture. Thanks for sharing.
burak

Homerhomer (4080) 2005-11-05 9:38

Mingfang, this is a fantastic photo, technicallities apart (which is all very good starting from the contrast, composition etc), the photo is unusual and extremely interesting, mostly because we can never take it because dog fighting is illegal in the western world, and unless you can get into illegal rings, chances are you will never see it (it's not to say it doesn't exist here, unfortunately it still does).

As for the subject itself, I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate those people, for me they are simply stupid f##ks that take pleasure in pain and suffering of animals which affects not only the two pits in the ring but millions of dogs and poeple around the world. Not only animals are in the horrendours pain with their flesh ripped apart, but the thirst for blood those f$$$ng poeple have gives punks around the world an impression that it's good to have a tough a$$ dog, make them aggressive which leads our stupid government to banning of whole breeds and putting to sleep thousands of dogs that haven't done anything wrong.

The tradition may be going back to Song dynasty, but something must have happened along the way because pit bulls type dogs used in this event came hundreds years after the dynasty died, they origin in England and not in China, so the tradition theory is a stretch. Yes, in some cases dog fighting can be made humanly, in some Japanese rings (and this can be called tradition because their use the same japanese breeds for centuries, akitas and tosa inu) they put muzzle on dogs so they don't injure themselves and let them wrestle, a bit like sumo. Poeple are happy and animals are not harmed, it's all good.

Fantastic picture of a despicable event.
Peter

jinju (14265) 2005-11-06 4:08

Wow what power! This is one of the rawest, most HOMNEST and most powerful photos I have seen here in a LONG time. You are getting into Mackeda territory in terms of emotional frankness with such work! I love this.

zig (2456) 2005-11-07 8:08

很强力地表达了狗和人之间的关系。
你是很好的照相家的。
日本也有一样的斗狗。
有钱的人特别喜欢那种狰狞的。
我想日本还举行比赛，
很少人觉得那种比赛会威胁狗的生命。
对了，你有机会通过TE活动要介绍
中国国内情况了。加油！

lestans (17258) 2005-11-08 13:10

Mingfang, I think in the same way of Peter.... but I saw your answer and I understand that it is better to show what happens than decide to hide it. I am very sad for these dogs, they are so sweet animals that only wish to love their owners. I kniw that , although it is forbidden, such matches are fightned also in Italy, somwhere in the south. At the end of this month I wioll start for China (Shanghai, Guangxi, Hong Kong) and I hope not to see fighting animals, no dogs and no cocks.

I was forgetting to appreciate you photo! It is very well done, a very strong and vivid scene. Ciao!! Livia

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BennyV (34734) 2013-06-01 4:12

Hello Mingfang

Terrific picture, in the middle of the action. Very dynamic, with a timeless documentary feel to it (because of the bl/w). A superb document!

Benny