Thomas Synnamon's Sueño Español

THE PUBLIC HOLDS ITS BREATH WHILE A YOUNG MAN WAVES HIS YELLOW AND MAGENTA CAPE IN SLOW HYPNOTIC MOVES, BEGGING FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE GREAT FURIOUS BULL, WHO SCRAPES THE RED EARTH WITH HIS HOOVES. TIME STANDS STILL WHILE THE MATADOR LOOKS INTO THE EYES OF HIS OPPOSITOR. AND THAN, WHILE TRUMPETS SOUNDS, THE POWERFUL BEAST MAKES HIS FIRST CHARGE, HIS HEAD BOWED LOW, HIS HORNS POINTED FORWARD LIKE FURIOUS DAGGERS. THE MATADOR JUMPS AND SWIRLS, AND THE DANCE OF DEATH HAS BEGUN.

In the year 718 a rebellion against the local governor Munuza marked the first openly opposition of Christians against the rule of the Moors on the conquered Iberian peninsula. It was an act that would start a war that eventually ended with the installment of Los Ryes Catolicos, the Catholic Monarchs. But this didn’t happen overnight. It was a war that lasted more than 800 years, and ended in 1492. During this Reconquista, the Christians and Moors fought each other with conviction and passion. It was a during the times of truce, when the weary knights, tired of fighting each other, would hold hunting contests, capturing and killing wild beasts instead of the enemy. During these events men would face their most fearsome enemy, the Iberian bull. An animal that would not flee from the danger but, instead, would charge at the knights over and over again, and fight until the inevitable death.

Dressed in their traje de luce – suit of lights – the matadors have long been national heroes of the Spanish history. For centuries it has been a common practice of nobility, a way to gain glory and train men in the art of combat and battle. Proud on their history and tradition, the Spanish still regard upon bullfighting as a high-held heritage, once practiced by the Spanish royalty. But like in the rest of the world, also in Spain more and more people oppose against the cruel sport, resulting in the evolution of the original bullfight into a spectacular show of matching power. The days of the original bullfight are numbered, but the torero will never disappear. Dressed in his elaborate costume, tight to the body to provide great ease in movement, the Spanish hero has become a fantasy for many. Flamboyant and elegant, with well calculated moves, he still dances his dance of death with the powerful Spanish bull in the arenas of Andalusia.

Torero’s, or matadors, have been and still are a source of inspiration for many. From Bizet’s Carmen, to Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, from David Wolper’s The Story Of A Matador to John Derek’s Bolero, the Spanish hero in skin-tight flamboyant outfit has been a source of inspiration and triggered many fantasies. Latest addition is Thomas Synnamon’s modern interpretation of the urban torero, which he found in Empire model Jonathan H. Dressed in open shirt and tight trousers, accentuated by a broad cumber band, Jonathan becomes a 21st century matador, using his sensuality and sexuality to bring us back to the time of the heroic  confrontation with the mighty Iberian beasts. With Jonathan, Thomas Synnamon lives his Sueño Español, a Spanish Dream. –B-

THOMAS SYNNAMON | BEAUTIFUL
JONATHAN H. | BEAUTIFUL

Comments

[felipe]

a distinguished and elegant look, very rare...

[Jesse Skroski]

A sexy man,..but in too fem clothes. I like to see men as men.

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tre, tre chic...

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