Throughout history, artists have found inspiration in the primal nature of boxing, wrestling, and bu

Throughout history, artists have found inspiration in the primal nature of boxing, wrestling, and bullfighting. Sculptures and reliefs dating from antiquity highlight the beauty and strength of boxers and wrestlers, often naked or semi clothed.Today, it is sports photographers who have taken up this universal subject—two bodies, little equipment—that was so fundamental to classical sculpture. The best photographers capture the physicality and the psychology behind these matches.Mexican professional wrestling, or lucha libre (Spanish for “free fight”), has stupendous masks and costumes. Lourdes Grobet, an artist trained in sculpture and mural painting, is the most dedicated photographer of lucha libre, having published about 11,000 photographs of the sport since 1975. She knows her subjects personally, and this connection differentiates her work from that of almost everyone else attracted to the spectacle of Mexican wrestling. Lourdes Grobet (Mexican, born 1940). Blue Sentado, from the series Lucha Libre, circa 2005. Color photograph. Courtesy of the artist -- source link

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