Photographer Paolo Patrizi captures Japan's most traditional sport, sumo wrestling, through the daily lives of its athletes. Sumo wrestling has lately become associated with illegal gambling and organized crime, for which police have been investigating and making arrests. By documenting their lives intimately, Patrizi captures their day-to-day routines and struggles. [Paolo Patrizi]
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