Frontier

(Hardback)

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When I worked at the store with my dad, Id often sneak off to the stockyards. Watching thecow boys herd cattle and horses, their ropes spinning effortlessly, left an indelible impression onme. It was a vivid, living image of strength and independence, one that has stayed with me all mylife....

Krantzs photographs often feel familiar. His commercial work for major US brands have made hisimagery synomous with that associated with the dream of the American West. Widely reproducedanonymously for decades on billboards, in magazines and other media, his photographs arefurther familarised through their appropriation by arist Richard Prince. The publication of Frontiercomes at a time when aspects of everyday life air conditioning, desk jobs, lack of access to natureand the reliance on the motor carincrease mans divorce from this way of life. With millions ofacres of land in the US lost to development, farms, cities, powerplants and other infrastruction, theability and freedom to roam the land are fast disappearing and Krantzs book a resonant swansongto the fast disappearing myth.

Author Bio

Jim Krantz was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Tutored and influenced by the work ofAnsel Adams amongst others, Krantz has worked as a commercial photographer for major USbrands alongside his fine art practice. His photographs been exhibited at Colette, Paris andDanziger Gallery in both New York and Los Angeles. Krantz was recipient of the Lucie Award forPhotographic Achievement in 2010 and has collaborated with fashion and interior brand Supreme ,Adam Kimmel and Modernica Furniture. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.