For eight consecutive mornings, between July 7 and 14, hundreds of runners along with a herd of bulls race through the streets of Pamplona in the famous "running of the bulls" or encierro as it is known in Spanish. Although the encierro, running of the bulls, usually lasts around than three minutes, it is the most famous event of Pamplona’s eight-day, non-stop fiesta honoring the city’s patron saint, San Fermín. The 119 images in this book by photographer John Kimmich-Javier, are a selection from over 20 years of work documenting all aspects of this international fiesta: the encierros, the street life, bullfights, religious events, and nightlife.
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John Kimmich-Javier
johnkimmich
U.S. and Sweden
John Kimmich-Javier has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in spaces such as the National Museum of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden; Art Institute of Chicago; Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm, Sweden; Harenberg Center, Dortmund, Germany; El Visor Centre Fotográfic, Valencia, Spain; Sala García Castañón, Pamplona, Spain. He has published in numerous publications such as Photography (China), La Fotografía (Spain), Creative Camera (UK), and Bild (Sweden), Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and other U.S. and international publications. He has received awards in the Picture of the Year International Competition and his work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, The Polaroid Collections, IBM Corporation, and other collections. Currently, he holds the rank of professor at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and also continues work as an editorial photographer.
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