A blog where Florian tries to post one photo per day. Currently: Four hundred forty-nine consecutive days.
Zeritus bites the fingers of his opponent
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/180 s
The Poster Boys on their way to the ring
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.7 • 1/180 s
Project Justitia are celebrating in the ring after their victory
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/180 s
Tormentor & Feyyaz Aguila are hyped for their match
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.7 • 1/180 s
Danny Fray applying a Boston Crab to his opponent
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/180 s
Nick Schreier entering the ring
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.7 • 1/250 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/180 s
Robin Lazar is about to jump form the top rope
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/180 s
wXw Academy Live event
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/250 s
Yuval Goldshmit in the ring after his loss
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/250 s
Big Nik after attacking is tag team partner Yuval Goldshmit
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/250 s
Jacob Crane is feeling the pain
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.7 • 1/250 s
Elijah Blum reacts after his victory over Jacob Crane
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/250 s
The Rotation sending the crowd home
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/2.0 • 1/250 s
The ring bell sitting in the middle of the ring
LEICA M10-P • 50 mm • ~f/1.4 • 1/250 s

2022-07-02

Today, for the last time – here in Essen – I took some photos at wXw's Wrestling Academy Live event. I feel very ambivalent about them leaving. The new location is not that much farther away, but I just love the ruggedness of the "old" academy. I think the place itself was as much of a draw for me as the wrestlers/wrestling. So this might just be the natural end of my photo project. I am not sure yet. (In Wrestling you never say never.) What ever I decide to do, I believe I have enough material to create something from this work.

Collection: Wrestling
On this day: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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