Earlier this year I had some cowboy photographs and an article I wrote appear in Men’s Journal magazine. Here is that spread, and here is the article I wrote for them: Each fall in Montana, cowboys and cowgirls still lead cattle drives pretty much the way they always have. With grit, guts, and gumption. A horseshoe’s toss from the …
See More Photos Every member of his family has done it almost exactly the same way for more than a hundred years. Only the names have changed. Nestled near the Powder River and well off the beaten path in southcentral Montana is the Stewart Ranch—a fourth generation operation that has raised cattle in these parts …
Montana, the fourth largest state, is largely known for its mountains in the far western part of the state. Its name, after all, comes from the Spanish word montaña for “mountain.” But east of those peaks, a far larger slice of the state is defined by its expansive prairies, the Missouri River, and its many …
In the heart of north central Montana there’s a quiet place where the western Bear Paw Mountains meet the eastern Montana plains. It’s a place called Blaine County. On first glance, there isn’t much to Cleveland…except for a tiny saloon (when it is open), a schoolhouse with one room, one student, and one teacher, and …
America is a different place than it was even 20 years ago. And while the engines of change continue to roll on, there are places right here in Montana where time moves just a little slower. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Throw a rock from any house in the thickly settled parts of …
I have spent the better part of seven years photographing Montana’s rural countryside and those agrarian families who populate much of the state’s rural interior far from the prying eyes of those who visit the state on vacation. Most of the time I am in places many hours away from the nearest fast food and …
