Sol y Sombra

Irapuato, October 28, 2023: Joselito Adame

I was fortunate to see Joselito Adame perform in Irapuato.

I have seen Joselito Adame perform countless times. To be candid, for many years his style did not evoke much emotion in me.

This has been changing recently, however.

A few years ago I saw him in a mano a mano with Morante de la Puebla in Juriquilla. On that evening with one of his bulls he performed all three tercios. Not only did he place his banderillas (which I always enjoy seeing), he assumed the role of the picador!

On this afternoon in Juriquilla, he cut two ears from each bull. It was with his second bull, Escritor (ganadería Villa Carmela), he truly shined, with an emotional and skillful performance.

He postponed killing the bull multiple times due to the calls for an indulto, but when the judge did not grant it he dispatched it with authority.

 

 

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Joselito Adame passes his first bull, Palomero (Bernaldo de Quirós). He would cut one ear from this excellent bull.

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Joselito Adame, at Plaza Mexico, photographed on November 10 of this year.

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Joselito Adame capes the bull, Venadito, (Bernaldo de Quirós), in Plaza Mexico, on November 10 of this year.

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Joselito Adame places banderillas.

Photographed on January 31, 2010 in León, Guanajuato's Plaza de Toros La Luz.

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Joselito Adame, with his first bull at Tijuana's Plaza Monumental, on November 21, 2015. He would cut one ear from this bull.

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Joselito Adame, with the bull, Goyesco (La Antigua) in Tijuana on May 6, 2018.

The bullfight was a "Corrida Goyesca," with the matadors in Goyesca-style outfits and beautiful paintings of Goya on the walls of the bullring.

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Joselito Adame, looks on as Enrique Ponce leads his bull, Susano, to the picador. Photographed at La Petatera, in Colima, Mexico, in February of this year.