Balls and Bulldust explores life and work among the cattlemen
of the Northern Territory in Australia. This is not another cowboy
story, but rather one about men and women working intensely hard while
seeking some kind of solitude and sense of space in the midst of harsh
conditions. For some, life in Australia’s outback is a life-long
routine. The young are attracted by its romanticism, but are often
shattered by its hardships: days are blistering hot, nights are cold;
people sleep on “swags” on the ground for weeks; the food is drab; red
dust is ever-present; and the men are bound to saddles twelve hours a
day, mustering herds of cattle, branding and castrating young bulls.
Ludwigson spent three months with these fearless cattlemen early in his
career, and returned to his native Sweden with a comprehensive body of
work that in time became Balls and Bulldust.
264 sidorBoktitel: Balls and Bulldust Fotograf: Håkan Ludwigson Bokförlag: Steidl
