Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Untitled (wheat fields and telephone poles) Grayson Mathews Born: Eugene, Oregon 1948  Died: Medford, Oregon 2007  gelatin silver print Smithsonian American Art Museum Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Untitled (window and water) Grayson Mathews
i12bent: Grayson Mathews (May 29, 1948 - 2007): Untitled (Window and Water), gelatin silver print (Smithsonian) “In 1971 Grayson Mathews, traveling in his Chevy pickup on the highways and back roads of the American West, began a two-year photographic project to document the lifestyles of professional rodeo cowboys. With his Leicas and Nikon F cameras loaded with Kodak Tri-X and 1,000 ASA speed 2475 Recording Film (fastest black and white film available at the time) he photographed in dusty, sun-baked arenas of small-town fairgrounds and smoky, dimly lit big city auditoriums. Away from the fury of competition, he documented behind the scenes in the lonesome bars, cafes and motels.” (Source)
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