AARON WHITFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY

Photojournalism: The Cowboy Way

The modern day cowboy is a living legend. The traditions of the wild west are alive and well today in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.  

A selection of this series is hanging in the Lazy S - the premier club in the Grandstand at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. 

Images from this album were also featured as a 12-part series in Calgary's FFWD arts and entertainment publication. 

  • A cowboy straps on his chaps which are a key part of his attire to protect from bushes and thorns while riding.
  • Two old time cowboys share a few words.
  • Feeding the livestock is a regular part of the morning chores.
  • Two barn cats sit on a window ledge and watch the action below.
  • White Horse 1
  • White Horse 2
  • White Horse 3
  •  Doug Richards watches a calf approach as he prepares to pull the gate of the chute closed during branding at the Devil's Head Ranch.
  • Jimmy Richards rounds up the cows for the spring branding at the Devil's Head Ranch, west of Cochrane.
  • Doug Richards prepares his brand at the Devil's Head Ranch.
  • A brand is applied to a calf.
  • A brand makes it's mark.
  • A rancher with his trusty dog, checks on the progress of the spreading of the hay.
  • A long horn grazes in the field.
  • A horse grazes in the field.
  • A horse grazes in the field.
  • A horse gallops through an open field.
  • A horse gallops through an open field.
  • A horse gallops through an open field.
  • A big mean bull stare down.
  • Jimmy Richards keeps a close eye on a bull as he pours a bucket of feed.
  • A barrell outfitted with a blanket and roped to near-by trees is the ideal training ground for any young cowboy.
  • A calf gets through the chute in an attempt to de-horn her at the LJ Ranch west of Cochrane.
  • Cowboys and Cowgirls push the herd into the sorting ring.
  •  A cowboy pulls in a calf for branding.
  • Gloved hands grasp the iron rod of a brand.
  • A horse is saddled and ready to head out on the range.
  • A cowboy prepares to mount his horse.
  • A cowboy overlooks the range from his perch a top his trusty steed.
  • Tools of the trade.
  • Two cowboys advance on the herd as they prepare to rope a calf.
  • Cowboys take the herd back out to the pasture after another spring branding wraps up.
  • A cowboy hat and shades sit on a fence rail.
  • An anvil sits on the floor in a tack room.
  • Saddles sit till the next ride in a well equiped tack room.
  • Saddles sit till the next ride in a well equiped tack room.
  • Saddles sit till the next ride in a well equiped tack room.
  • A cowboys work is never done. Repair of a favourite saddle commences after the other day's chores are done.
  • A horse grazes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains after a day on the range.
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