RA: Someone else has to dress them, as with corsetry. There's no way they can do it by themselves. Each main city has a bullfighting museum to house all these costumes and things having to do with famous bullfighters. The matadors in these photos are wearing actual outfits from the museums worn by famous bullfighters. We were like the curators in that respect.

LC: Those spears in the bull's back can't feel good.

RA: They're banderillas used in the earlier part of the bullfight. They're normally thrown into the bull by the assistants to start making the bull tired. It's a dangerous but daring thing. It's while the bull has all his strength.

LC: The deep groin scar this torero has is quite something.

RA: Yes, the main cities have amazing arenas and comparable medical services, but the towns don't have a proper way of suturing in case the bull's horns puncture the skin, so that's probably how the scar came about.