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Synopsis
In the popular imagination, the cowboy has long been identified as white--but at the height of the cattle-ranching period in the 19th century, more than one third of cowboys were African American. Black cowboy culture is still thriving today, but is little known to the general public. This marginalization stems from both official and unofficial segregation in competitive rodeos, as well as Hollywood’s commercially driven exclusion of black cowboys from Western genre films and television.
Beginning in 2008, Andrea Robbins (born 1963) and Max Becher (born 1964) set out to photograph this history and its legacy in contemporary black cowboy culture, shooting black riding clubs, black rodeo leagues and charity events across America. In this volume, Robbins and Becher document this hidden history of the black cowboy and cowgirl and, in the process, reformulate and expand the iconography of the cowboy.
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About the Author
U.S.-born Andrea Robbins and German Max Becher both received BFAs from Cooper Union. They have had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and elsewhere. Their work has appeared in group exhibitions in venues including the Guggenheim Bilbao, the International Center of Photography, the New Museum, Dia Art Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. They are represented in New York by the Sonnabend Gallery, and their work is in major collections such as the International Center of Photography, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim and the Jewish Museum.
Review
From Clint Eastwood westerns to anti-government protests, the cowboy is a symbol of freedom for white Americans. Andrea Robbins and Max Becher’s images of real-life black cowboys offer a powerful counterpoint. (Steven W. Thrasher The Guardian)
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- PublisherLa Fábrica
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 8416248540
- ISBN 13 9788416248544
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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