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On The Way to Branding

This image was shot on the Crow Reservation during a branding done at my friend Stephen Yellowtail's ranch. I wanted to get some shots of the cowboys riding up. Being the typical jokesters that most cowboys are one of them raised their hat and it really completed the picture and resonated with the atmosphere of the branding.

I’m Ian Mahathey, a photographer based in North Carolina that has a driving passion to tell the stories of ranchers, farmers, hunters, craftsmen and artisans.