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Longhorn Mesa

A day on a ranch, at the speed of the land: longhorns in the grass, a drive around the property, and an afternoon in the rocks on Tri-X.

Photographs by Will Fullerton 3 min read
A longhorn in the pasture
Photographs by Will Fullerton

Longhorn Mesa is a ranch, and a day there runs at the speed of the land: a drive around the property in a side-by-side, longhorns watching from the grass, lunch in the kitchen, a long conversation on the porch. These are the photographs from that day, in digital and on a roll of Tri-X.

A longhorn in the pasture.
A longhorn in the pasture.
The land, and the road through it.
The land, and the road through it.
Driving the property, with company in the field.
Driving the property, with company in the field.
Riding along.
Riding along.
The old man at the wheel.
The old man at the wheel.
Everyone in the Ranger.
Everyone in the Ranger.
The kitchen, mid-morning.
The kitchen, mid-morning.
The house.
The house.
Around the fire pit.
Around the fire pit.
In the front room.
In the front room.
On the porch.
On the porch.
Two men, one conversation.
Two men, one conversation.
The windmill and the oak.
The windmill and the oak.
The barn.
The barn.
An open door.
An open door.

In the afternoon we walked down into the rocks, where the light comes through the trees in pieces. The Tri-X was made for that.

Among the rocks.
Among the rocks.
Three men in the light.
Three men in the light.
Sitting a while.
Sitting a while.
The elder.
The elder.
At ease.
At ease.

And then the drive back out, past the truck and down the road under the trees.

The red truck.
The red truck.
Late afternoon.
Late afternoon.
The way out.
The way out.

Photographed on Leica and on Kodak Tri-X by Will Fullerton.

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