Sports, 3rd prize
Stephan Vanfleteren
Agence Vu
Agence Vu
01 January, 1995
A budding boxer practices his punches on discarded car tires. Former champions - some of advancing years - teach young hopefuls the tricks of the trade in shabby sports halls in the hope of continuing Cuba's tradition as an Olympic boxing nation. Some boys take up boxing when they're only four years old.
Stephan Vanfleteren
Stephan Vanfleteren lives and works in his native Belgium. After his photography studies he started to work as a freelancer in 1993. His black-and-white documentary photography ...
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