Sports - General & Miscellaneous, Photography - History, Criticism, & Collections
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Overview
Rodeo. Photographs by Louise Serpa. Notes by Larry McMurtry. 75 blackandwhite duotone photographs, 9 1/2 X 12 1/2, 88 pages. paperback; ."[Serpa's photographs have] extended what Eadweard Muybridge did with horses in the 1870s, and with the human form in the 1880s: in her own way, Serpa has revolutionized thinking about bodies in motion."
The New Yorker
This up-close look at rodeo takes readers into the world of one of the few truly American sports, as balletic as it is brutal, as riveting as it is symbolic of a rapidly changing American West. Serpa's extraordinary images are accompanied by her anecdotal and informative annotations, as well as a provocative essay by Larry McMurtry. 75 photos.
Editorials
Booknews
The world of rodeo presented in celebratory text and b&w photographs by action photographer Serpa, with notes (3pp.) by Larry McMurtry that provide another view, challenging widely held beliefs about the mythic American West. 9.75x12.75" Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
April 1, 1996
Publisher
Aperture
Pages
88
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780893816506