Het Algemeen Dagblad, the second largest newspaper in The Netherlands has a regular section in which they comment on a picture, old/historic or new/spot.

The text is usually divided into five segments with varying headings to suit the picture.

This time it’s Who, What, Where, Art and Winner. 

The headline shouts, “ THE ART OF ATTACKING”.

Who : Good question. According to the real experts these are the female fencers Ilaria Salvatori (left) and her compatriot and multiple World and Olympic Champion Valentina Vezzali.

What: The fencers are seen during their World Fencing Championships Quarter Final Match.

Where: The World Championships that will last until Sunday and are held in St Petersburg, Russia.

Art: Yes FOR SURE. Fencing is considered  an art, it is known as the “art of defending and attacking” and this picture underlines it.

Winner: As expected the champion Vezzali won this duel. But for us the man on the other side of the lens, photographer Alexander Demianchuk is THE WINNER!!!!

 A fantastically nice and touching way to see one of your pictures used isn’t it…?

Reproduced by kind permission AD