Cowboy culture

Photographer Victoria Stamm believes there's no such thing as a perfect photograph. But we think her winning image, Clint, from the 2015 Photo Contest comes pretty darn close. “I don’t think that there is such a thing as ‘the perfect photograph’ — only a perfect moment. But sometimes, with the combination of a perfect moment, framing, and exposure, it all falls into place. You catch your breath, your heart skips a beat, your mind stops circling, and you think, Yes! Thank you, God!”…

Grauman’s may have its celebrity forecourt, but the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has its own collection of memorialized feet. Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) starred in the 1922 silent movie, Robin Hood, which premiered at Sid Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. In equal partnership with Fairbanks and actress Mary Pickford, Sid Grauman opened Grauman’s Chinese…

Another wonderful discovery in juroring the SlowExposures: Celebrating the Rural South Exhibition was the work of Rory Doyle. Rory attended the festival and I was able to see a broader edit of his photographs of the African-American cowboy community of the Mississippi Delta. The project not only shifts our vision of what we consider the

Mexican Cowboy Wearing Hat And Holding by Terry Vine