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OTO MARABEL Neither Heros nor Villains The hard summer sunlight in Spain at the hottest hour makes the matador’s outfit glitter, highlighting the textures and darkening the shadows until they become black holes. Saturated and pure colors mix with sharp and dry odors to create the score on which a complex and old ritual that I expect to capture with the utmost detail working at a slow pace unlike I usually do. Getting away from the headlines to get in touch with what is both permanent and eternal: the man in the matador’s outfit is a naked one who faces the primeval emotions that have overwhelmed human beings from all cultures and civilizations from the dawn of time: fear, death, honor, shame, glory… taboos that are shown in such an evident and close way that irritate the senses, triggering the most extreme reactions. Times are changing in Spain: heroes become villains, bulls become martyrs of a growing animalist movement that fights against some of the most powerful traditions that, currently, and against all odds, are cornered and endangered. Those who until very recently proclaimed themselves owners of this country are trapped in the bullrings where they continue to celebrate their “fiesta nacional”, with one eye set on the bullring and the other on the streets, fearful of a country where their discourse doesn’t find much room any longer. They grew up like heroic members of a special caste in Spanish society. Icons of value and honor, keepers of tradition, ambassadors of a country’s culture that turns its back on them as the first generation of Spaniards born within the European Union shows no appreciation for this kind of display. Prohibitionist positions are working their way up in Parliament while some town councils already decided to forbid or withdraw support to bullfighting. The controversy is on the streets, where pro-bullfighting are in a very hard position as they hold on to customs and ceremonies that are leading them to their own destruction. Entering a bullring today is like travelling back in time to a world where life is not the supreme value; where fear, blood and death are the stage companions of actors for whom their character is a way of life. For this work will try to collect images with a high technical and human quality that manage to capture the visual riches and cultural memory of such a unique and special world. A work capturing tradition without fanaticism, pain without judgment, allowing viewers to enjoy beauty and be appalled by death in one of the most controversial “art expressions” existing around the world. A world that is about to disappear and that has a lot to show us about our darkest side and how we face it Galerías

OTO MARABEL Plata o Plomo Plata o Plomo es una publicación semanal para la Revista cultural OVERDOSE, se trata de un trabajo de investigación en el campo del Fotoperiodismo enmarcado en el ámbito de la noticia local y realizado en un mano a mano junto al fotoperiodista Pako Pimienta a lo largo de 52 semanas.  Plata o Plomo is a weekly publication for the cultural magazine OVERDOSE. It is a research work in the field of photojournalism framed in the field of local news and carried out hand in hand with the photojournalist Pako Pimienta through 52 weeks.  Galerías

Botellón Botellón es un término que describe la costumbre, aparecida en España en la última década del siglo XX, sobre todo entre los jóvenes, de reunirse en la vía pública para socializar mientras se consumen bebidas alcohólica. Para abaratar el coste de la bebida, se consume el alcohol en botellas y de aproximadamente un litro de capacidad, con hielo y vasos de plástico, antes de dirigirse a pubs, discotecas o conciertos, locales donde el precio de las bebidas suele ser considerablemente más caro. Muchos jóvenes optan por la práctica del botellón para evitar el consumo del llamado  «Garrafón» o alcohol adulterado. Botellón is a name that describes a practice that appeared in Spain in the last decade of the twentieth century, especially among young people, of gathering in public places to socialize while drinking alcoholic beverages. To reduce the cost of drinking, alcohol is consumed in bottles of approximately one liter capacity, with ice and plastic cups, before heading to pubs, discos or concerts, places where the price of drinks is usually considerably more expensive. Many young people opt for the practice of «botellón» to avoid the consumption of «garrafón» or adulterated alcohol. Galerías

Oto Marabel when I softly close my eyes, I can fly then, I realized that I don’t need eyes to take photos + INFO GALLERIES