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Sumo Trapeze: challenge and Teamwork.

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Sumo Trapeze: challenge and Teamwork.

Picture of a Sumo Wrestler as a Trapeze Artist showing teamwork, challenge, adversity and the impossible with drama, impact and humor. A huge sumo wrestler is about to be caught, or not, by a flying trapeze artist. Sumo wrestler pics. A funny picture and stock photo of a Flying Trapeze artist catching a Sumo wrestler showing challenge and adversity in teamwork. pictures showing teamwork. A trapeze artist catches a Sumo wrestler in this funny picture and concept stock photo. High wire Trapeze act picture.

In this funny stock picture a flying trapeze artist is about to catch (or not) a sumo wrestler! After having the opportunity to photography some flying trapeze artists at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts, I realized that the concepts of risk and challenge might be even better portrayed by having the performer attempting to capture someone who was obviously overweight. At the same time, i did not want to offend people who have weight problems. I pondered this problem for months before it suddenly dawned on me that if I used a Sumo wrestler I could not only emphasize the enormous weight difference, but do so without offending an entire group of people. We accept that Sumo wrestlers have made the conscious decision to be heavy. It is a proud sport too, with lots of tradition and a long and storied history. Using the Sumo wrestler in the flying trapeze setting adds an overt humor, lends impact and the absurd, and creates a more compelling image. The sumo wrestler drives the point home and makes a far more memorable and effect stock photo. I turned the a Sumo wrestling association to find a sumo wrestler. He is indeed an authentic Sumo wrestler, and while he look menacing (and weighed over 300 pounds) he was fun to work with and enthusiastic about our project. I photographed the flying trapeze artist at the San Francisco School for Circus Arts. I photographed our sumo wrestler in my studio. I then used photoshop to composite the various elements, including the sky I used for the background, into my image. The final stock picture uses the unexpected to dramatically illustrate concepts such as risk, challenge, the bizarre, the impossible, skill and optimism.

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,SumoI,All,Sumo,Trapeze,wrestler,Challenge,challenges,,Risk,danger,,Teamwork,Concept,Concepts,Conceptual,Impossible,Bizarre,,Business,businesses,,Danger,dangers,caution,,35-39,years,acrobat,acrobatic,arms,outstretched,balance,blue sky,catching,challenge,circus,contrast,danger,day,faith,freedom,hope,humor,humorous,jumping,man,mid,adult,mid-air,motion,outdoors,overweight,pacific,islander,ethnicity,people,performance,performer,performing,photography,problem,profile,reaching,recreation,risk,side view,skill,sports,square image,strategy,strength,stress,stretching,sumo,sumo wrestling,,sumo,sumo wrestling,wrestler,swing,swinging,tradition,trapeze,trapeze artist,trust,two people,upside,teamworkxx,down,vulnerability,wrestler,adversity,humor,humorous,,connectionxxFunny-Trapeze-Sumo-Picture-Photo.jpg,Funny-Trapeze-Sumo-Picture-Photo-lr.jpg,866,teamwork,team work,cooperation,big,huge,fear,lund,photo,photos,pic,pics,image,images,photograph,photographs,pix,picture,pictures,riskxx,,,,