Toros. The Marking of a Territory DVD The Message Is Death

The Message Is Death

“The opening picture is a self-portrait from 1994

Inspired by a sentence by Reinhold Messner

their struggle has been silenced with blood

Carolina Sandretto

Toros. The Marking of a Territory DVD The Message Is DeathThe unmistakable silhouette of the Osborne bull is so deeply rooted in our minds, it has become a vernacular object in photography: widely used in art and cinema, due to its widespread recognizability and the powerful image it evokes, they could be considered one of the most potent images of the recent decade. In Montagnas photographies, the big Osborne signs an articulate and controversial dialogue with the surrounding areas. They become a means to