Cleanskin Yard #12 Photograph - Limited Edition of 5

From the series "Chasing Cows," shot in Queensland, Australia Fiber Base BW Photograph, Hand Printed Edition 1 of 7 prints Artist Statement - COWBOYS AND INDIANS introduces us to two insular, male-dominated communities. The first is a group of “jackaroos” (the term for young cowboys in Australia), in a remote area of northern Queensland that has neither FM radio nor cell phone reception or any sizable village within a vicinity of over 100 miles. The other is a group of wrestling students in their sacred training grounds -- part clay/dirt arena, part temple to the Hindu-god Hanuman -- in a congested city in northern India. The two communities are based on nearly opposite motivations: the “jackaroos” being in it for the money, out of necessity; the wrestlers choosing an athletic pastime tied into their religious beliefs. Where they mirror one another is in that these young men immerse themselves in an environment where physicality becomes a centerpiece of their togetherness and interaction, a physicality that is inherently and in a classic sense masculine. .php?/projects/cowboys-and-indians/