LUKE GILFORD: NATIONAL ANTHEM

The beloved photobook on America's queer rodeo community.  Growing up in Colorado with his father in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association, Luke Gilford spent his formative years around the rodeo, an American institution that has often been associated with conservatism and homophobia.  It was only later, when he discovered the International Gay Rodeo Association, that he began to see himself as a part of a rodeo family.  Gilford has spent over four years traveling the country to document this diverse and ever evolving subculture.  Shot on medium format film and printed in a traditional darkroom, the work is detailed and rich with emotion and color.  The resulting photographs are both personal and poetic - clear testaments to Gilford's intimate relationship to the community.  National Anthem is a celebration of outsiders and the immense beauty of chosen families everywhere.   

192 pages