Ever since she was a little girl, Lourdes Grobet has been interested in the spectacle of Mexican professional wrestling, or lucha libre. She is the only woman to have worked in the area for more than 25 years and her lens has captured the magic of this exciting sport, which is much talked of but little known, constituting as it does a world apart, admired but misunderstood. These warriors need their disguise, because their appearance is not only a fine adornment characteristic of the world of wrestling but also a weapon with which to disconcert, astonish, and frighten their opponent, with a low blow if need be. Warriors transformed by the sublime pleasure of becoming stoically anonymousA", whose public lives may be a well-known legend, but whose private lives must be a secret, for their epic fantasy plays out confrontation between normal, everyday environmental design and their particular mystery. In this fascinating book the fan of the wrestling arena enters into the private lives of these idols, into their homes, their gathering places, and the celebrations of the historic gladiators of the ring. Rafael Tonatiuh contributes his special vision of a social phenomenon unique in the World. Each wrestler takes us to the brink of his personal mystery.

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Grobet, Lourdes

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<p>For more than 20 years, photographer Lourdes Grobet has been part of one of the most popular sports in Mexico: wrestling. This photographic project compiles more than 500 images to reveal the fundamental elements of wrestling, highlighting its theatrics and providing a glimpse of this wildly popular ritual by letting the photographs tell the story. A lo largo de 20 años, la fotógrafa Lourdes Grobet se ha adentrado en el mundo de uno de los deportes más populares de México: la lucha libre. Este proyecto fotográfico y documental recopila más de 500 imágenes y transmite los elementos fundamentales de la lucha libre: una manifestación de la cultura popular mexicana originada en la antigüedad, asociada a lo ritual, ligada a lo teatral y profundamente identificada con los fenómenos sociales de la actualidad.</p>

Espectacular de lucha libre (Spanish Edition)

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