Watt Matthews of Lambshead: Third Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1625110421 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Greene wrote that “Watt Matthews was the last living link with all the Texas cowboy and ranch mythology and lore from the 1850s.” The ranch has continued to operate after his death in 1997, and this edition includes an afterword that details recent developments. A new foreword by Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator emeritus of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, puts the book in the context of Wilson’s career as one of the most notable photographers of the contemporary American West.. In words and especially in Wilson’s starkly beautiful images, Watt Matthews of Lambshead captures a way of life that is iconically Texan, one now only available to a vanishing number of residents of the Lone Star State, where even rural landscapes are increasingly dominated by industrial activities like high-density feedlots and oi
LAURA WILSON is a photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, London’s Sunday Times Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ, and BritishVogue. ANNE WILKES TUCKER is curator emeritus of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. . Laura Wilson is married and lives in Dallas, Texas. She and her husband, Rober
She and her husband, Robert, are the parents of three sons, Andrew, Owen, and Luke Wilson. About the AuthorLAURA WILSON is a photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, London’s Sunday Times Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ, and BritishVogue. ANNE WILKES TUCKER is curator emeritus of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. . Laura Wilson is married and lives in Dallas, Texas