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Der Fotograf Ivan McClellan aus Portland, Oregon, dokumentiert in seinem neuen Buch “Black Cowboys” das Leben und die Kultur afroamerikanischer Cowboys. McClellan hat über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren schwarze Cowboys aus verschiedenen Teilen der USA fotografiert und ihre Geschichten festgehalten.

In seinem Buch werden die oft übersehenen Beiträge schwarzer Cowboys zur amerikanischen Westernkultur hervorgehoben. McClellan möchte mit seinen Fotografien dazu beitragen, das Bewusstsein für die Vielfalt und Bedeutung schwarzer Cowboys in der Geschichte des Wilden Westens zu schärfen.

Die Idee für das Buch entstand, als McClellan selbst als Cowboy auf einer Ranch arbeitete und feststellte, wie selten schwarze Cowboys in der Popkultur dargestellt werden. Er beschloss, ihre Geschichten zu erzählen und ihre Lebensweise zu dokumentieren.

“Black Cowboys” ist nicht nur ein Buch über eine bestimmte Gruppe von Menschen, sondern auch über die Wichtigkeit der Vielfalt in der amerikanischen Kultur. McClellan hofft, dass sein Buch dazu beiträgt, die Geschichten schwarzer Cowboys einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen und ihr Erbe zu würdigen.

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By Anna Müller

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