Roughstock: The Toughest Events in Rodeo

Rating:
Summary: A RIVETING ROUNDUP OF ROUGHSTOCK RODEO -True West
Review: A "riveting roundup of roughstock rodeo...readers will hail it as mighty worthwhile."- TRUE WEST

Rating:
Summary: Ride 'em Cowboy!
Review: Annerino's pictures are a true testament to his total immersion on the subject! John rides the subject matter like no other. His images do the talking. They take the viewer with him all the way and back! Ride on, John!

Rating:
Summary: The spirit and tradition of the American west captured.
Review: Roughstock:The Toughest Events in Rodeo joins a growing body of work by the photojournalist John Annerino that portrays the American western culture with a photographic passion and historical perspective. This book portrays "the cowboy" as a diverse and multiethnic persona not the traditional "Marboro Man" and conveys through his thoughtful and well researched essay that the traditional image was never in fact the case. Annerino's photographs show the action of the roughstock rodeo events and bring to life the men and women who participate in them. The images are full of action and the sense of danger and risks are coupled with an intimacy created by his use of light and in his portraits of the cowboys. There is a rhythm and dance to the photos that creates a timelessness to the action. The book is wonderfully edited and layed out and may be the author's finest work to date.