American Cowboys - by Anouk Masson Krantz (Hardcover)

About the Book

In American Cowboys, renowned French photographer Anouk Masson Krantz travels tens of thousands of miles from New York City across the United States to dive deeper into the world of the cowboy culture. Her photography reveals the real lives and communities of this largely overlooked and elusive part of the world.

Book Synopsis

• Set in a stunning large-format book, the pages within inspire with a fresh and contemporary perspective of the cowboy culture, the families, men, women, children as well as rodeo and ranching communities in the heartland of the great American West and beyond
• Anouk's newest work, American Cowboys, provides an inspiring homage to our American pioneering spirit and its enduring strength that is alive and well in today's contemporary world

Having earned wide acclaim for her bestselling Wild Horses of Cumberland Island (2017) and West: The American Cowboy (2019), this new collection of work that is American Cowboys is Anouk's strongest work yet. Join Anouk Masson Krantz in her solo journey across America where she reveals the intimate lives and families of this private, elusive icon of our American West. Through her lens Anouk showcases an incredible journey from an outsider's perspective into the private world of the American cowboy. Real people and real stories -- a remarkable and inspiring story of people coming together to share their lives and celebrate the nation's cowboy culture. This book is a must-have title among Anouk's fine collections of photographs.

Anouk's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across America. She is renowned for her large-scale contemporary photography and her use of white space that defines her elegant, minimalistic style.

Review Quotes

""American Cowboys" features an in-depth, photographic study of this often overlooked, misunderstood world, from the families immersed in the culture to the hard work and labour of ranching and rodeos."--The Daily Beast

"A closer look at the people who call the American west home."-BUSINESS INSIDER

"American Cowboys is a collection offering an intimate glimpse in the daily life of the hard-working men and women."-DEPARTURES

"In her most recent book, American Cowboys, photographer Anouk Masson Krantz intimately captures the lives of these trailblazers of the wide-open vistas of the West."-PAPER CITY

"An honest and intimate look at the American heartland"-READER'S DIGEST

"A book of portraits and other imagery certain to elevate any coffee table." TEXAS MONTHLY

Anouk Masson Krantz has accomplished something that only a few people have achieved before: she drove through The American West, immersed herself in the world of the cowboy, and became part of their culture"-RAMP, Germany

"A French photographer captures the modern cowboys of the American West."--Inside Hook

"Anouk Masson Krantz has created an intimate set of images showing that the cowboy, his family, his life and his world is doing just fine - thriving, actually, and continuing to evolve with each new generation."--Bill Reynolds

"Cowboys may be innately photogenic, but French photographer Anouk Krantz has succeeded in capturing their lives and surroundings like no other."

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"In a stunning new book called American Cowboys, photographer Anouk Masson Krantz takes us inside...and captures not only the diversity of the profession but also the communities that keep the spirit of these hardworking men and women alive."--The Pioneer Woman

"So this book is full of black and white photographs done by @anoukmassonkrantz. There are even little segments of some of the people she photographed too with their stories."--@marijka_dam

"Taylor Sheridan - former C&I cover guy and Yellowstone mastermind-writes about cowboying in the new photography book American Cowboys. After flipping through the book cover to cover (and vicariously living through every word and snapshot). All we've got to say is - long live cowboys!"-COWBOYS & INDIANS


"The Big Book of Cowboys. A tribute to the American Cowboy through photography"-WESTERN ART COLLECTOR


"This modern, refreshing examination of today's American cowboys and cowgirls is something people will want to revisit time and time."--Yahoo

"Titled American Cowboys, the book captures the pioneering spirit of modern cowboys and cowgirls, turning the camera on high-stakes rodeos, hard-working ranchers and horseback rides across stunning desert landscapes."--Ailbhe Macmahon

An ode to America's legendary cowboy culture.-- "Huck Magazine"

Anouk Krantz photograph in American Cowboys won the Western Horseman's' Best Photography in their first annual "Best Of" awards 2022.--Western Horseman

In a stunning new book called American Cowboys, photographer Anouk Masson Krantz takes us inside...and captures not only the diversity of the profession but also the communities that keep the spirit of these hardworking men and women alive... Anouk's stories and photos help bring the details into focus.-- "The Pioneer Woman Magazine"

Interview with photographer and author Anouk Masson Krantz; article and podcast

Inviting viewers into the rarely seen world of the modern American cowboy, photographer Anouk Masson Krantz's new book American Cowboys provides a contemporary view of the modern West in stunning monochrome.....[it] aptures the harshness and beauty of this rural subculture, examining family, integrity, community, faith and hard work against the backdrop of some of America's most stunning landscapes.-- "Black + White Photography"

Posted on Instagram stories by Influencer Jessie Jarvis.

Posted on Instagram stories by Influencer ShaleyHam.--Instagram

Stunning images in fine art photobook capture the 'strength and dignity' of America's cowboys and their breathtaking Wild West home....The book captures the pioneering spirit of modern cowboys and cowgirls, turning the camera on high-stakes rodeos, hard-working ranchers and horseback rides across stunning desert landscapes.-- "Daily Mail"

The photographer Anouk Krantz trained her lens on Southern horses to beautiful effect for her 2017 photo book, Wild Horses of Cumberland Island. Now, she chronicles--for a giant coffee table art book--gorgeous horses and hard-working horse people throughout the South and West--Florida ranchers, a new generation of Texas cowboys, and Derrick Begay, a Navajo cowboy.-- "Garden & Gun"

This 2021 collection of evocative photography will make you rethink America's heartland and what it means to be a cowboy or cowgirl. Within, Masson Krantz showcases ranchers from diverse backgrounds (young and old, Black, white, and Native American). For Yellowstone fans, you'll enjoy the foreword from the show's writer-director-producer Taylor Sheridan.-- "Hearst's Best Products"

About the Author

Anouk Masson Krantz is a French fine-art photographer and author based in NYC, best known for her American Western work.

Born and raised in France, she later moved to NYC in the late 1990's. After years of work in the luxury consumer industry, she left her role at Cartier's corporate office in New York City in 2003 to pursue photography. Krantz carefully selects projects that inspire as her works compel us to find solace and pause for a moment of peace and self-reflection. Her minimalistic, black and white large-scale contemporary photographs draw upon her refined eye to stir one's emotions and move the soul.

Krantz's photography has received worldwide acclaim as she has built a reputation as a leading visionary of cowboy photography of our times. Her success has influenced the recent resurgence of the Western genre in popular culture. Her books have become a global sales phenomenon and sat atop the bestseller lists for five years.

She has collaborated with Yellowstone series creator and director Taylor Sheridan, who wrote the foreword for her book American Cowboys in 2021 as well as with the legendary Bernie Taupin, known for writing Elton John's songs, who penned the foreword for her latest book FRONTIER: Cowboy of the Americas.

Krantz broke barriers as a woman from the outside. Since 2017, in her Western travels, she worked tirelessly to earn the trust and confidence of the ever private and discrete American ranching world. She gradually became known to the cowboy community and doors across the country opened. Over eight years, she has logged well over 125,000 miles by herself in her quest to reveal the authentic daily lives of the noble and virtuous American Cowboy.

"They would invite me into their homes, share meals and allowed me to ride among them. As we began to understand one another, I was accepted as one of them."

Over the past two years, Anouk has travelled further to explore the Western way of life across the Americas. Her recent works and new large-format 360-page artbook FRONTIER will be released on November 4th, 2024.
A limited slipcover edition as well as a limited leather collector's edition with a signed print will be released early 2025.

Her books, all published by Images Publishing/ACC Art Books, include:
Wild Horses of Cumberland Island (Nov 2017) (edition II // five reprints)
West: The American Cowboy (Nov 2019) (ten reprints)
American Cowboys (Nov 2021) - foreword by Taylor Sheridan (Nov 2021) (seven reprints)
Ranchland: Wagonhound - foreword by Gretel Ehrlich (Nov 2022) (two reprints)

Krantz's photographs have received accolades from the International Photography Awards and International Monochrome Awards. More recently she received the prestigious Wrangler Award at the 2023 Western Heritage Awards for her latest artbook Ranchland. Her work is displayed in prominent museums and private collections worldwide. In 2023, Cowboys & Indians named her "Trailblazer of the West" along with other western luminaries Lainey Wilson, Joanna Gaines and Quannah Chasinghorse. Krantz's work has been featured around the world in publications such as GQ, The Times, L'Oeil De La Photographie, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, Time, Harper's Bazaar, and Departures.

Anouk is an active supporter of several worthy causes including the American Cancer Society, the National Indigenous Women's Resouce Center and Build A Nest.

"The bestselling Western art book author in history." - TODAY SHOW, Read with Jenna I USA

"Wild West enthusiasts - and yes, Yellowstone fans ... gorgeous, black and white imagery of cowboys, ranchers, and their families in the land they love...." - Time I USA

Western Heritage Awards: Images from... "Real Yellowstone" ... - The Times I UK

These photographs and stories offer an inspiring new perspective of today's cowboy/ranching culture and land stewardship of the American West. - L'oeil De La Photographie I FRANCE

If you're a fan of Westerns, shows like Yellowstone or any Taylor Sheridan series, then you're going to love our next guest. In fact, she's Taylor Sheridan's favorite cowboy photographer. - FOX News I USA

Life on Wyoming's Wagonhound, as captured in an award-winning recent book, has changed surprisingly little since the days of the old west. - Wild West I USA

French photographer Anouk Masson Krantz has accomplished something that only few people have achieved before: she drove through the American West, immersed herself in the world of the cowboy, and became part of their culture. As her photographs so beautifully show. - RAMP I GERMANY

A collection of stunning photographs, offering an intimate glimpse in the daily life of these hard-working men and women. - Departures I USA

This book would make for a treasured gift. It embodies the "pioneering spirit" of this beautiful landscape. - Today I USA

The Big Book of cowboys. A tribute to the American cowboy through photography. - Western Art Collector I USA

Oversize ode to the American West. - New York Magazine I USA

Anouk Krantz's book American Cowboys presents a contemporary affirmation that our cowboy culture is not only alive but thriving. - Western Horseman I USA

Her quest was not to glorify well-known ranches or big-name cowboys but to show the hard work of the West and the people who do it. - Cowboys & Indians I USA

Anouk Krantz's newest collection of photography will stir the heart. Capturing the tough landscape of the American frontier, Krantz also manages to convey the human ? and animal ? spirit of the West through her black-and-white images. - The Week I USA

An intimate look at the big skies and cowboy spirit of the US heartland. - The Independent I UK

This 2021 collection of evocative photography will make you rethink America's heartland and what it means to be a cowboy or cowgirl. - Hearst I UK

Breathtaking images. - Town & Country I USA

Un luogo di pace, bellezza, silenzi, libro pieno di poesia. - Vanity Fair I IT

Captivating photos. - Time I USA