The Snapshots in Time Collection
Wide View of Matador and Bull in the Ring, Mexico City Bullring, 1949
This sweeping photograph illustrates the sheer scale of a 1949 bullfight in Mexico City, with a lone matador and bull dwarfed by the vast, capacity-filled arena surrounding them. The image, part of a personal photo album documenting General Jonathan M. Wainwright's travels, captures the grandeur of one of Mexico's most iconic public spectacles in the years following World War II. Project: 218339