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Imagen #4/6 del documental Matadero de Iruya. / Image #4/6 from the documentary Matadero de Iruya.
La mayor parte del cuero de la vaca se quita con en animal apoyado en el piso; luego, la parte que queda unida a su lomo se saca cuando la vaca es colgada y levantada con el aparejo. La niña estuvo con en cuchillo en la mano la mayor parte del tiempo, golpeando torpemente el cuerpo de la vaca, pero ya dando sus primeros pasos en lo que probablemente sea su ocupación en algunos pocos años. Al principio la veía manipular el cuchillo, y con preocupación le dije "te vas a cortar la mano". Me di cuenta de mi torpeza cuando el padre me miró entre divertido y pensando "vos callate", y me dijo que no era la primera vez que manipulaba ese instrumento.
Most of the skin is taken out with the animal laying on the floor. Then, it is hung up and the rest of the leather is extracted. The kid had the knife in his hand most of the time. She spent the time hitting the animal's body with the knife on a very clumsy way, but walking the first steps on what would most probably be his profession in some few years. When I first saw the kid manipulating the knife I told her "you're going to injure your hand". I realized about my error when the father looked at me with an expression between funny and why-don't-you-shut-up-like, and said that it wasn't the first time she handled the knife, so that it was ok.
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richardpallin 70 months ago | reply
Save me the surloin cut please, after it's hung up for at least 21 days......mmmmmmm!
What a great image to show the contrast between lifestyles and practices of the world. Your narrative also tells of the difference in attitudes, the butcher and his son perfectly at ease with the sharp knives. I would never let me son of 7 yrs handle knives like that......but then again I'm not a butcher.
Excellent record and documentary shot. Brilliant work.
konka* 70 months ago | reply
aay pobres animalitos
por eso no como carne!
sterestherster 70 months ago | reply
Great series, I really like to see how they work in other countries.
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David Fletcher Photography 70 months ago | reply
Whilst it looks a bit gruesome its also a fact of life. If we want to eat meat than this is what we must put up with. The contrast in cultures is well shown here to great effect. But its not so long ago (in the grand scale of time...)that we in the UK would have been able to witness something like this here. I think that the way our modern day meat factories process meat is probably with less 'respect' for the animal and more to do with profit.
Clärä 70 months ago | reply
Muy fuerte esa imagen! hay que tener agallas para sacar esa foto.
Saludos.
carolejeffery 70 months ago | reply
Great shot.
Fer.Cipriani 70 months ago | reply
Buenísima la foto (por favor, no la recortes!) y mejór aún la serie. Quiero mas!!!
gin&tonic 70 months ago | reply
Queda buena la serie... y muy bien acompañada por tus descripciones.
Celeste 70 months ago | reply
espectacular man!
muy grosa la info, los roles de la faena, qué serie!!!
sakura love 70 months ago | reply
great capture
jamie gascoigne 70 months ago | reply
amazing lighting
spartan_puma 70 months ago | reply
Superb!
Absolute a favorite!
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rpriegu 70 months ago | reply
Excelente!!!
sandorlevi [deleted] 70 months ago | reply
Great lighting and composition! A big fave!
Matteo de Mayda [deleted] 69 months ago | reply
so strong
VolaVale 69 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called INSOPPORTABILE!.......I CAN'T TOLERATE!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
simply innocuous 69 months ago | reply
Are you sure this isn't an art piece by Damien Hirst?
BTW, looks delicious!
Moirix* 60 months ago | reply
ay, me pone mal, sos vegetariano?, yo despues de ver esto...creo q no podria volver a comer mas carne, maladita costumbre y habito alimentario!!!!
Koloimages 49 months ago | reply
horripilante foto un asco de foto
Raul Aragão 35 months ago | reply
strong capture