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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne is a novel about the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant
Passerpartout. One day while Phileas Fogg is with some friends, he reads
in a newspaper that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty
days. No one believes this is true, except Phileas. Then Phileas bets them
that he could make the journey in eighty or under days, and then leaves
along with his servant immediately. In
1956 Michael Anderson directed a film about this great adventure playing
David Niven as Phileas Fogg and Mexican actor Cantinflas as the servant
Passerpartour.
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one of the episodes, Passerpartout fight a bull in the plaza of Chinchón,
a village 45 kms from Madrid.
Nevertheless I don’t think that the two adventurers even passed Spain
in the real Verne’s book (I have to confess that I didn’t read
it yet), but maybe those days the influence of Ava Gardner and Orson Wells,
both very keen in bullfighters, contributed to it. Without forget Ernest
Hemingway which wrote some novels about bullfighters like “The Sun
Also Rises” (1926) or “Death in the Afternoon” (1932)
The
beautiful medieval Plaza Mayor of Chinchón is the most emblematic
place of the village. Its irregular plant formed by houses of two or three
floors with runes balconies, is been the scenery of multiple activities
and spectacles.
I made
the photographs with a Leica II (Elmar 5 and Summitar 5) and a Nikon F
(24, 50, 105, 135 and 200)
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PLAZA
MAYOR OF CHINCHÓN |
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Plaza.
(Nikkor 50 f/8 1/250) |
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Balcony
with Pumpkins (Nikkor 200 f5.6 1/500) |
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Restaurant
(Nikkor 50 f8 1/250) |
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From
the Castle (Nikkor 50 f/8 1/1000) |
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Garlic
and Pitchers (Nikkor 200) |
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Plaza
(Nikkor 50 f8 1/250) |
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Cart
(Nikkor 200) |
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The
Church (Nikkor 200 f8 1/500) |
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Window
with Brazier and Pompkins (Nikkor 200 f5.6 1/500) |
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Font
(Elmar 5 f8 1/60) |
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Craftsmanship
Shop (Summitar5 f8 1/100) |
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Plaza
and Church (Nikkor 50 f8 1/250) |
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Font
(Elmar 5 f8/1/60) |
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Weighing
Tomatoes (Nikkor 105) |
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Wicker
Chairs (Summitar 5 f4 1/100) |
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Balcony
(Nikkor 105) |
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Going
out the Plaza (Nikkor 105) |
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Handcart
(Summitar 5 f4 1/100) |
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Tourists
Resting (Nikkor 135) |
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Cart
Wheel (Elmar 5 f5.6 1/60) |
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Garlic
and Craftsmanship (Nikkor 200) |
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Greengrocer
(Nikkor 200) |
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Little
Court with Well and Laundry (Summitar 5 f5.6 1/100) |
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Milk Pitcher, Walking Sticks and Umbrellas (Elmar 5 f8 1/200) |
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Souvenirs
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Roofs |
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Colonnade
(Summitar 5 f2 1/200) |
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Sale
of Garlic |
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Plaza
(Nikkor 50 f8 1/250) |
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Bakery
(Nikkor 50 f5.6 1/60) |
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Tha
Plaza with the Bullring Ready (Nikkor 24) |
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Colonade
(Nikkor 50 f8 1/250) |
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Balcony
and Barbershop (Summitar 5 f8 1/100) |
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Pannier
(Elmar 5 f5.6 1/60) |
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Knocker
(Nikkor 105) |
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Roofs
(Nikkor 200 f5.6 1/500) |
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Little Court with Well and Laundry (Summitar 5 f5.6 1/100) |
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The
Barrier of the Bullring (Summitar 5 f8 1/100) |
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Door
(Elmar f8 1/100) |
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Restaurant (Nikkor 50 f8 1/250 |
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Roofs
(Nikkor 105) |
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From
the Roofs (Nikkor 200 f5.6 1/500) |
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Little
Court with Cart (Summitar 5 f2.8 1/100) |
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Lamppost
(Nikkor 135) |
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From
the Roofs (Nikkor 105) |
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Cart
behind Pillar-croped shot ( Nikkor 24 f5.6 1/60) |
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Digital
Shoter (Nikkor 105) |
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Expectant
Dove (Nikkor 135) |
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Cart
(Nikkor 24 f5.6 1/60) |
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Olive
Grove from the Castle (Nikkor 200 f8 1/500) |
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