1905

1905David Yarrow 1905 Edition of 12 Archival Pigment Print In our research for the oil set we were building in West Texas, we tried to find prompts from old monochrome pictures of early oil derricks. This type of computer work appeals to me, whether wearing the hat of an amateur historian or indeed a photographer. Historical black and white images from the Wild West of 120 years ago or more have long had a pull on my visual sensibilities and I am proud to

Golf was first played on the links at St Andrews

My idea at The Wolves bar in downtown Los Angeles was to play on that scene and have a room full of fighter pilots all in their crisp naval whites

Goose and Iceman had spirit animals

The reality is

The 1905 Sears Almanac provides the perfect backdrop to the text giving us cause for introspection: the artist questions when it all changed -- and when was cash suddenly not king

Perhaps we could then celebrate life on the final frontier with a photograph that could be printed large and benefit from the extraordinary resolution of modern-day cameras

as storytelling rarely blossoms in a contextual vacuum

This requires the use of remote controls and a great a deal of predicative thinking

I thought it would be playful to photograph Casper Ruud as a latter day

Before we give you  our answer

120cm x 100cm

There was a distinct slope on this patch of ground and I warmed to the impact it had on the frame