Sunday, December 21, 2008

Boxing gym


We went to this gym in Rio on a location scout. We showed up right before a tournament and I had ten minutes to shoot some quick photos.

Here is the punch counter/score keepers table.


The fighters were announced and lined up.


Detail.


The whole place started out super sketchy... outside there were people watching us from houses with guns.. and inside the fighters and crowd were amping up.

The view out the window was sick.


Everyone ended up being real cool. They were stoked on seeing a camera. I had just settled in to my window lit ringside spot (right behind the big guy in the second photo) when all of a sudden we had to leave. For the next week, whenever my mind would wander, I would think about the missed fights and missed photos and get super bummed. Shit!...woulda been so rad..window lit fight photos... goddammit!

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