A New Photo Book Celebrates the Style and Athleticism of America's Black Cowboys
by GQ
GQ— Even though he grew up riding horses in Kansas City, photographer Ivan McClellan never identified with cowboy culture. That changed in the summer of 2015, when McClellan attended his first Black rodeo in Oklahoma, an experience he’s compared to stepping into his own Technicolor Oz. McClellan (who’s based in Portland, Oregon) spent the next few years traveling around the country, meeting the people who would later be featured in his new photo book Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, which Damiani...
@ABRLive—All About the Fillies: Hunter’s New Book Celebrates Historic Kentucky Oaks. The feature race on the eve of the Kentucky Derby is the distaff counterpart to the classic race happening the next day. Similarly modeled on Epsom’s Oaks, the Kentucky Oaks has evolved from a regional contest into a beloved Grade 1 stakes almost as heavily anticipated as the Derby itself. Yet a glance at bookshelves yields a plethora of books on the run for the roses and none on the run for the lilies until now. Read More
Black Enterprise—New Book Reveals How The U.S. Stole $600B From Black Americans Through Unfair Taxes Post-Slavery. A new book is set to unravel how the U.S. stole $600 billion from Black Americans dating back to the Jim Crow era.
Trusted Reviews—GoPro Hero 12 Black vs GoPro Hero 11 Black: What’s new?. In 2023, GoPro announced the latest device to join its flagship action camera line – the GoPro Hero 12 Black. The action camera shares a good number of similarities with its predecessor, the GoPro Hero 11 Black. The two action cameras feature similar designs, the same 1/1.9-inch CMOS image sensor, and matching image and video resolutions. Both cameras also take advantage of identical waterproof ratings and the same-sized batteries. Of course, there’s always room for improvement and GoPro...