Dead Eagle Trail: Dead Eagle Trail: America's Twenty-First Century Cowboys - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9053307176 ISBN 13: 9789053307175

Casa editrice: Schilt Pub, 2010

Riassunto

Jane Hilton's first visit to North America was to Arizona in 1988. The enormous wide-open spaces, desert highways, and vast skies were the biggest contrast she had ever experienced to growing up in suburban England. This, combined with the warm memories of spending Sunday afternoons watching westerns with her father has contributed to Hilton's affection for the wild west.

There is definitely a romanticism that is associated with the gun-slinging cowboy, defending his land his moral code. These displays of heroism have been reinforced in novels such as Owen Wister's The Virginian (1902), and films such as John Ford's Stagecoach (1939), with the iconic John Wayne. American culture has been defined by the west, and the 'American Dream' evolved from it. The pioneering days of the gold rush and the evolution of towns such as Las Vegas illustrate the mantra of the people; anything is possible in America.

Dead Eagle Trail is a culmination of numerous road trips Jane Hilton has taken across the States while documenting the American culture. This book is a celebration of the west, from the buckaroos of Nevada to the cow punchers of Arizona. Cowboys are photographed in their own homes, surrounded by western artifacts. The  need to hold onto their heritage is clearly visible. As the price of petrol and animal feed rises, the ranches struggle to survive and the cowboy of the twenty-first century could become extinct.

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L'autore:

Jane Hilton is both a filmmaker and a photographer, she lives in London. She studied classical music and graduated with honors in 1984 from Lancaster University in Music and Visual Art. Her love of photography took her to London, where she worked as an assistant for numerous fashion and advertising photographers, before going it alone in 1988. Early work included both fashion and editorial projects alongside her documentary work, which is the mainstay and passion of her work today.

The contradictions in American society and the American dream is a recurring theme. Her work in Las Vegas, where the line between fantasy and reality is constantly blurred, is an epitome of this. From proclamations of everlasting happiness in Vegas, Jane hit the empty desert roads of Nevada, ending up 350 miles away near Reno, where a roadside brothel called 'Madame Kitty's Cathouse' caught her eye. This chance encounter became a two-year project and resulted in a ten-part documentary series for the BBC, The Brothel/Love For Sale. as well as a series of exhibitions on desert landscapes, pimps and prostitutes.

Jane's work is regularly published in The SundayTimes Magazine and The Telegraph Magazine, both published in London.

 

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Over the last twenty years photographer and filmmaker Jane Hilton has documented many different facets of American Culture, from legalized prostitution to the marriage culture of Las Vegas, resulting in a series of exhibitions, publications and a ten-part documentary series for the BBC, The Brothel/Love For Sale. Growing up in suburban England, in contrast to the wide-open spaces of America, and spending Sunday afternoons watching Westerns with her dad, has contributed to Hilton's affection for the Wild West. Dead Eagle Trail is a celebration of the west, from the buckaroos of Nevada to the cowpunchers of Arizona. Hilton has photographed cowboys in their own homes, surrounded by western artefacts, revealing their obsession with the lifestyle. Not only is their need to hold onto their heritage clearly visible, but in less familiar territory their softer, possibly more feminine side is also exposed. As the price of petrol and animal feed rises, the ranches struggle to survive and the lifestyle of the cowboy of the twenty-first century is threatened. Jane Hilton lives in London. Her work is regularly published in the Saturday Telegraph Magazine and the Sunday Times Magazine. www.janehilton.com www.schiltpublishing.com

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• Editore: Schilt Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9053307176
• ISBN 13: 9789053307175
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 93