Senegalese Wrestlers by Denis Rouvre

2010 Word Photography Organization winner Denis Rouvre has photographed the strong bodies, the tense, perpetually defiant faces of the wrestling apprentices of the suburbs of Dakar. These apprentices belong to one of 77 stables and they practice this uniquely subtle mix of traditional wrestling and bare-fist boxing on a daily basis. Here everyone aspires to become a living god. Nothing less. In the dark training rooms or on the beaches of the Dakar suburbs, where youngsters train themselves in Senegalese wrestling they come every night with this dream in mind, ready to take a beating. We must say Mr. Rouvre has captured these incredible athletes beautifully in these more than Freshthanamug photographs. Simply amazing!!!