The II Earl

This project was conceived and shot in one week on assignment for Le Monde magazine, France. Former British prime minister Tony Blair's government imposed a ban on the hunting of foxes in Great Britain making all traditional hunting activities illegal. Hunting still goes on today however despite the ban as it is almost impossible to police. The British expression 'In the pink' is believed to have derived from the centuries old hunting tradition on the British Isles. Here a detail of a torn and much repaired riding jacket as worn by a member of the Warwickshire hunt, England. A hunt meet in the county of Rutland before a ban was imposed on fox hunting by former prime minister Tony Blair. A long standing member of the Rutland hunt poses for his portrait. Exhuasted pack hounds rest between calls to hunt for fox in the county of Rutland, England. Robin Smith-Ryland, leader of the Warwickshire hunt, England. Study of a pair of worn riding boots. L...

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