Robert vavra biography

Photographer

Robert Vavra is an American photographer and author based in El Cajon near San Diego, California and in Spain.

Career

He is considered to be the world"s premier photographer of horses. Inspired by bulls and bullfighting in Mexico, Vavra moved to Spain in 1958 with a one-way ticket to Madrid on an old Italian ship The Valcania.

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With no formal training in animals, he spent six years studying the beasts.

“I couldn’t obtain the sort of photographs I wanted for the study, so I became a photographer out of necessity,” Vavra was quoted as saying.

“I’ve never been interested in the camera.

I don’t really consider myself a photographer.

I’m an artist and a storyteller.” He became immersed in the lore and life of this beast which culminated in the publishing of his book, Bulls of Iberia, in 1972. In 1988, Vavra established a camp in Ololasurai, Kenya and began what would become a six-year stay with the tribal