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list price: $39.95
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
category: Photography
published: May 2012
ISBN:9781926855981
publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books

Cowboy Wild

by David Campion & Sandra Shields

tagged: regional, photojournalism, photoessays & documentaries
Description

Love it or hate it, the Calgary Stampede is a place where myth, history and spectacle collide. 100 years after an American vaudeville cowboy first dreamed it up, the Stampede remains an unrivalled homage to the West.

 

Cowboy Wild was more than a decade in the making. Photographer David Campion roamed the world’s biggest Wild West show and brought back a collection of images that speak to our fascination with the cowboy. With wry humour, these photographs pull back the curtain and probe the contradictions that lie at the heart of a myth that transforms history into a story about the triumph of man over nature, nostalgically regretted even as it is celebrated.

 

As the Stampede marks its 100th anniversary, the time is ripe for a book that goes beyond the hype. In the accompanying essay, writer Sandra Shields uses the prism of the Stampede to offer a meditation on the meaning of the West and its enduring hold on our collective imagination.

About the Authors

David Campion is the author, with his writer wife Sandra Shields, of Where Fire Speaks: A Visit with the Himba (winner of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize) and The Cmpany of Others: Stories of Belonging. He met Sandra in South Africa; they married a year later, and have collaborated for over a decade. David's photographs have appeared in publications and exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and Africa. They live in Deroche, BC.


Sandra Shields is the author, with her photographer husband David Campion, of Where Fire Speaks: A Visit with the Himba (winner of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize) and The Company of Others: Stories of Belonging. She met David in South Africa; they married a year later, and have collaborated for over a decade. Sandra has written for publications including Geist and The Globe and Mail, and has contributed to several anthologies. The story about the relationship Sandra shares with her severely disabled younger brother received a National Media Award from the Canadian Association for Community Living. She lives in Deroche, BC.

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