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Håkan Ludwigson<br />
Balls and Bulldust<br />
“They come here for the cowboy romance, but after months in the heat and dust they give up.<br />
Some might stay for a couple of seasons.”<br />
A Northern Territory station manager<br />
Balls and Bulldust is a rich collection of images that explores life and work among the cattlemen in the Northern Territory<br />
in Australia. It is not another cowboy story, rather one about men and women working very hard, and seeking some kind<br />
of solitude and sense of space in the midst of harsh conditions. For some, life in Australia’s outback is a life-long routine.<br />
The young are attracted by its romanticism, which is—more often than not—shattered by reality’s hardships. The red dust<br />
covering this vast scrubby landscape and filling the air is prevalent in Ludwigson’s images. Days can be blistering hot<br />
and temperatures at nights may sometimes fall below zero. People sleep on “swags” on the ground for weeks. The food<br />
is drab and the men are in their saddles twelve hours a day mustering herds of cattle, branding and castrating young<br />
bulls.<br />
Håkan Ludwigson, who is one of the world’s leading commercial photographers, spent three months with the cattlemen<br />
of the Australian outback early in his career, and returned to his native Sweden with a body of work that became Balls<br />
and Bulldust in 2012. The work was first exhibited at Strandverket Konsthall on Marstrand in Sweden in 2012. The exhibition<br />
was curated by Hasse Persson.<br />
Håkan Ludwigson was born on the Swedish west coast in the small town of Vänersborg where he started his career<br />
as a press photographer at the local newspaper in 1965. He later made a name for himself through magazine work for<br />
European publications and advertising assignments for leading car companies, mixed with personal projects. In 1988<br />
Ludwigson became a contract photographer for Condé Nast Traveler in New York. Today he is seen as one of the most<br />
versatile photographic artists at the magazine with a personal vision that has earned him followers all over the world.<br />
Håkan Ludwigson<br />
Balls and Bulldust<br />
Texts by Håkan Ludwigson, Hasse Persson and Glen McLaren<br />
Book design by Andrew Cowie / C52 graphic design ab<br />
270 pages<br />
11.8 × 11.8 in. / 29,5 × 29,5 cm<br />
170 photographs<br />
Four-color process<br />
Clothbound hardcover with a tipped-in photo<br />
€ 68.00 / £ 58.00 / US$ 78.00<br />
ISBN 978-3-86930-707-7<br />
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