Bank Langmore, Elliott Erwitt and Others

Perhaps the leading photographer of the American cowboy in the 1970s was Bank Langmore (b. 1935). From his home base in Dallas, he traveled some 20,000 miles across the western United States capturing cowboys with his Minolta 35mm camera. (Minolta supplied him with free cameras.) His work was published in a book entitled The Cowboy. Like many photographers he was a perfectionist, and his prints are absolutely gorgeous. For various reasons he has been inactive for many years, and his prints have become rare. The ones below are from a collection of a work associate of his and dates back to the 1970s. Click on the images for further information.

Vern Torrence

Bringing in the Cavvy

MC Ranch

6666 Ranch

Spanish Governor's Palace

Bell Ranch

Bell Ranch

The print below is by the great LIFE magazine photographer Ernst Haas (1921-1986). It is a beautiful dye transfer print that comes from
The Creation portfolio, published in 1981 in an edition of 300. The title is Kenya, 1970. Image size is 12½ x 19½, matted to 19 x 26: $2,200

Provence, France, 1955	Valencia, Spain, 1952	Wyoming, 1954	Santa Monica, California, 1955 (a.k.a. California Kiss)
New York City, 1946	New York City, 1974	New York City, 1955	New York City, 1953

Below is a nice Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) entitled Au Bon Coin, quai du Port, Saint-Denis, 1945.
The image size is 11 x 9½. Doisneau's signature on the recto has faded somewhat (it was printed in 1981). The price is $4,500.