Buffalo Ballad
★ PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015
★ FEP European Photo Book of the Year Award 2015
★ One Eyeland Photography Awards 2014
★ Alfred Fried Photography Award 2014
★ German Photo Book Award 2015
BUFFALO BALLAD
Thunder rolled across the prairie – and then there was silence… It was probably more than 30 million American bison roaming the plains of the Midwest. Nothing was more powerful in the prairie, neither physically nor spiritually. With the arrival of the European settlers massive slaughter began.
The (hi)story of the bison is a parable about globalization and the interplay of technological progress, capitalism, and a lack of understanding ecological contexts. The prairie vanished with the bison. Now the bison returns. And this is not nostalgia. The bison is a real existing and socio-cultural phenomenon. It is a current political issue in the dispute between cattle breeders and the bison lobby.
The photographers travelled through the center of the bison country, from North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, to Montana. The magical black-and-white photographs of the bison translate the vision into reality. Buffalo Ballad is an homage to the American soul. The book is like the bison itself.
28 × 35,5 cm
224 pages
110 images
English, German
Hardback, french-fold jacket
ISBN 978-3-901753-73-2
Edition Lammerhuber, September 2014
€ 99.00
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