Youngest Bullfighter in the World, Rafael Mirabal: The Kid who wanted to Kill

Rafita is thought to be the youngest torero, or bullfighter, in the world. He is also one of the most popular in Mexico. Together with a handful of other child stars Rafita has reawakened interest in bullfighting when it looked headed for obscurity in Mexico. "I get bored running up and down a field with a ball," says Rafita, the oldest child of a lower-middle-class family. "But if I don't turn just right when a bull is charging at me--that's more exciting." by Tim Padgett - TIME MAGAZINE.

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Away from hardcore photojournalism and the News Photo Agency life for some time, back in the days I used to shoot for Gamma-Liaison and later Getty Images News Service. In these great agencies my pictures had the opportunity to run in many of the coveted spaces in well-known newspapers and magazines. I now manage between freelancing on two photographic fronts: Meeting today’s tough demands of client-oriented photography, and taking the time to continue shooting FILM with a bulky 4×5 and a Mamiya RZ, looking to find in the close proximities of daly life whatever it was that I was chasing after during those exotic-assignment years. I was born in Mexico City in 1969 and am now represented by Regina Anzenberger @ Anzenberger Agency in Vienna, Austria. http://www.anzenberger.com

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