Project Info:
These images were shot in 1998 when I was still working as a photographers assistant. I had travelled to New York
with a fashion photographer to shoot a fashion story at a rodeo in Brooklyn. Alongside being an assistant
I also took the opportunity to take a series of my own images, on my trusted Contax T2 camera.
I was experimenting at this time with a style of 'no look' photography, which involved
taking the shot without looking through the viewfinder. This of course gave no guarantee of a perfectly
composed image but allowed me to experiment with unusual angles,
see shots 3 & 10.
The Federation of Black Cowboys was set-up in 1994 at the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City's Howard Beach.
It is a non-profit making organisation that works to raise awareness of the forgotten black cowboys, the unsung
heroes of the old west who played an important part in the history of America.
