The Ranch #32. Boulder County, Colorado, 2012
As photographers, concentrating on a specific project can cause us to focus on our art and our style…force us to try to tell a story as effectively as we possibly can through our images. Maybe we can even make people pause and reflect a bit. With that in mind…
A current project I am working on has to do with the slow demise of America’s family farms and ranches. All across the country these often multi-generational operations are slowly becoming extinct as agri-business flexes its muscular efficiency and urban sprawl pushes ever deeper into the countryside.
My project focuses on one specific family ranch located just north of Boulder, Colorado. It was originally built in 1954 as a horse breeding and sales facility then later became a horse boarding operation. For many years it was a hive of activity, with trail riding, lessons, dressage shows, costume shows, clinics, equine therapy sessions, natural horsemanship instruction, kids’ camps, and so on. Today the ranch is still active, but its infrastructure is feeling the years and how much longer the operation might continue is difficult to say.
As the ranch project progresses I’ll post more, until then here are a few example images…
Equine history…
The Ranch #7, near Boulder, Colorado, 2012
The barn cat and the flag…
The Ranch #25, near Boulder, Colorado, 2012
Empty buckets…
The Ranch #19, near Boulder, Colorado, 2012
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