Editorial Photography | Cattle Ranching

"Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." ~ Walt Whitman ~

Santa Barbara County and its North County regions are steeped in a time honored tradition and lifestyle of the Vaquero and cowboy culture. These images represent a ten year project I undertook, portraying the life of the working cowboy on some of the last remaining cattle ranches on California's Central Coast.