Bulls are slain as offerings during the annual Huichol festival celebrating the changing of tribal officers.
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"At about midday, several men dragged five bulls into the temple to be sacrificed. I'd kept my eye on the bulls all day, as they were tied up to a cross in front of the temple.
"The men let me go in with them, and I took several photographs, but they didn't want me to stay for the sacrifice at that time. Later I photographed a sacrifice without any problem."
—Photographer Rachel Cobb
Photography Notes
- Film: Fuji Provia 100
- Camera: Canon EOS-1N
- Lens: 20-35mm
- Time of day: About noon
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Shutter speed: 1/15
"Aside from a couple of shafts of light, it was very dark in the temple. I wanted to show the bulls in the foreground and the crosses at the other end of the room, so I used a flash and shot with a slow shutter speed and an aperture that give me more depth of field."
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