The Art of Being Luis Marden << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Bullfight in Spain Photograph by Luis Marden A snorting bull, a roaring crowd, the majestic splendor of the matador in his ring—Marden captured it all as part of his April 1951 story, “Holy Week and the Fair in Sevilla.” “Sevillians . . . believe in the good life,” wrote Marden, noting a local man’s personal creed: “Eat and drink well, make love boldly, and thumb your nose at death.” “There are worse philosophies,” Marden concluded.

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