In his new book published by The Images Publishing Group, Anouk Krantz presents his most extensive work to date. Frontier : Cowboys of the Americas is the culmination of years of work and hundreds of trips to ranches, rodeos and landscapes across the American continents. This collection is a magnificent tribute to a cowboy lifestyle and their communities, and, ultimately, to the heart of the Americas.
She has traveled tens of thousands of miles across the Americas, expanding her scope from the United States to North, South and Central America. In her magnificent large-scale photographs – all new for this book – Anouk captures the enduring and intimate cross-border legacy of the North American cowboy, the Central American vaquero, and the South American gaucho. His work offers a sense of common humanity that ties the lives of cowboys together, whether they’re traveling the rodeo circuit in the American West or running a fifth-generation ranch in Mexico. Through this stunning work, Anouk elevates the spirit of the American West across the Americas as a whole. In her own words: “I am an explorer. I explore places. I explore people. I like to interact with those who are different, those who have other beliefs. I try to learn about them and then understand, what is important to them, what they like and what they fear, so that I can learn what makes us different and what makes us the same.
Bernie Taupin, Academy Award winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and longtime songwriting collaborator with Elton John, contributed the foreword.
“There is an honesty and integrity to these images that express all the elements of what it means to exist outside the confines of conformity and confinement. The rebellious spirit, the wild individualism and the absolute, unapologetic pace of history. This is a stunning piece of work, a true testament to the men and women who constitute the anvil on which the backbone of America was forged. » —Bernie Taupin
Best-selling and award-winning writer, poet, and essayist Gretel Ehrlich has written a fitting essay.
“There has been a lot of talk about the disappearing West, the ‘last cowboy,’ the museum vision of the men and women who walk the shooting range. They are now written into movies and TV shows as if ranches had ceased to exist and cowboys and cowgirls had returned home to work in the city. The opposite is true. Across America, from the tip of Argentina to the far north of Canada, and throughout the United States, cattle and sheep ranches continue to operate. —Gretel Ehrlich
Michael R. Grauer, known as “Cowboy Mike,” is the McCasland Professor of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and l one of the most knowledgeable cowboy historians in the world. .
“Today, thousands of rodeos of all kinds take place across the Americas. However, the foundations of rodeo remain anchored in the work of cowboys, vaqueros, gauchos, drovers and cowherds from the 16th century, as well as in that of humans on horseback symbolizing freedom. Cowboys across the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, continue to do their job every day, without fail and without a second thought. » —Michael Grauer
Anouk Krantz: Frontier: Cowboys of the Americas
The Images Publishing Group
Hardback
Size 10.98 in x 13.98 in
360 Pages
Illustrations 180 b&w
ISBN 9781864709810
$85.00
