Joan Mateu

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Mallorca Pig Slaughter

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Biography: I am a photojournalist working on both daily news and long term projects. Based in Barcelona, I specialize in the Catalonia conflict and have been photographing the “separatist process” for the past 5 years. For the past year, I have... MORE

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Mallorca Pig Slaughter

Copyright Joan Mateu 2024

Date of Work Nov 2019 - Nov 2019

Updated Dec 2019

Topics Photography, Photojournalism

When the Mallorca's cold winter cames, families, friends and neighbors gather to realize ''matances'' (pig slaughter), a centenary tradition ritual to make, among others cold meats , sobrassada, the famous sausage from the Mediterranean island.

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