The Contest Designed by Photojournalists for Photojournalists

Compete with the very best in still and television photojournalism, in picture editing, and Web editing. Now in its seventh year, the Best of Photojournalism (BOP) is the world's leading digital photojournalism contest.

BOP is a project of the National Press Photographers Association.

1st Place, Enterprise Picture Story (smaller markets)

Karla Gachet/Freelance

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STORY OF BEHIND THE SCENES BUL FIGHTS IN ECUADOR. THIS STORY WAS MADE IN THE LAST QUITO FIESTAS. THERE IS A PATIO INSIDE THE ARENA CALLED “EL CHIQUERO”. IN THIS AREA BULL FIGHTERS AND BULLS WAIT TO GO INTO THE ARENA. ONLY ONE OF THEM COMES BACK ALIVE. THIS IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BULL FIGHT. THE BULL WAITS FOR HIS TURN IN A SMALL SQUARE WHRE THEY PUT SOME WATER. BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE ARENA, THEY GET POKED BY A STICK WITH A KNIFE SO WHEN IT GOES OUT IT IS ALREADY WEAKENED. THE BULLS PACE BACK AND FORTH IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CUBICLES, PERHAPS IN ANGUISH OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.

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