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Håkan Ludwigson: Balls and Bulldust

HÃ¥kan Ludwigson: Balls and Bulldust

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ISBN10: 3869307072
ISBN13: 9783869307077
Publisher: Steidl
Published: Sep 29 2015
Pages: 162
Weight: 4.85
Height: 1.20 Width: 11.80 Depth: 11.80
Language: English
Balls and Bulldust is a rich collection of images that explores life and work among the cattlemen in the Northern Territory in Australia. It is not another cowboy story, rather one about men and women working very hard, and seeking some kind of solitude and sense of space in the midst of harsh conditions. For some, life in Australia's outback is a life-long routine. The young are attracted by its romanticism, which is--more often than not--shattered by reality's hardships. The red dust covering this vast scrubby landscape and filling the air is prevalent in Ludwigson's images. Days can be blistering hot and temperatures at nights may sometimes fall below zero. People sleep on swags on the ground for weeks. The food is drab and the men are in their saddles twelve hours a day mustering herds of cattle, branding and castrating young bulls. Hakan Ludwigson spent three months with the cattlemen of the Australian outback early in his career, and returned to his native Sweden with a body of work that became Balls and Bulldust in 2012.

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