This isn't Ivan McClellan's first rodeo. Over the past decade, the pioneering photographer has propelled the intrepid beauty and once-forgotten history of Black cowboy culture into public consciousness worldwide in a way no one has before.
Braids whip in the wind as long acrylic nails grip the reins of a bronco, hell-bent on galloping around barrels at 50mph. Young cowboys hold hands and pray under a pink haze. They roll up on horses without shirts, wearing diamond stud earrings, gold chains and Jordans. Meanwhile, fellow western folk line-dance to hip-hop, rhythm and blues, and gospel as the smell of fried chicken and barbequed turkey legs swirls up to the beating sun.
