Gina LeVay

Biography

Gina LeVay holds an MFA in Photo, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Museo d’art Contemporanea Roma, American Museum of Natural History, Hous Projects NYC, and Photo España. LeVay is an alumna and current staff member of The Eddie Adams Workshop. Her female matador portfolio has been issued in a fine art edition.

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PHOTOGRAPHY / Spring 2014

Female Matadors

Photography by Gina LeVay ,  Essay by Allison Wright

In 2006, photographer Gina LeVay began her odyssey into the Spanish-​speaking world of toreras—​female matadors. “A lot of them have gotten gored, injured, and they just get up and want to do it again. They’re fearless.”

Raquel Sanchez. Toledo, Spain, 2007.