This project was conceived and shot in one week on assignment for Le Monde magazine, France.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair's government imposed a ban on the hunting of foxes in Great Britain making all traditional hunting activities illegal. Hunting still goes on today however despite the ban as it is almost impossible to police.
I made over 500 photographs for the set in the space of a week travelling to 4 locations in England.
The British expression 'In the pink' is believed to have derived from the centuries old hunting tradition on the British Isles. Here a detail of a torn and much repaired riding jacket as worn by a member of the Warwickshire hunt, England.
A hunt meet in the county of Rutland before a ban was imposed on fox hunting by former prime minister Tony Blair.
A long standing member of the Rutland hunt poses for his portrait .
Exhuasted pack hounds rest between calls to hunt for fox in the county of Rutland, England.
Hunt followers and family members of riders watch the hunt in progress across countryside in the county of Rutland, England.
A scene from a pre-hunt gathering in Rutland, England.
Robin Smith-Ryland, leader of the Warwickshire hunt, England.
A ruddy faced rider to the hunt in the county of Rutland, England.
A typical hunting scene, England.
Fox hunting in England has often been associated with the upper class though in recent times all classes of society participate in what is now an illegal activity if live foxes are the sport. Rutland, England.
Study of a pair of worn riding boots.
Ladies of the Rutland hunt, Rutland, England.
