Western Series

Cowboy hats, theatrical poses and unexpected animal encounters give Hervé Lewis’s Western Series its playful character. In photographs such as Cow Girl and Girl Riding Cow, familiar Western imagery becomes material for staged scenes rather than documentary views of frontier life. The human figure anchors each composition, with gesture, costume and contrasts of scale directing the eye. Moving between monochrome and warm-toned imagery, this collection brings the visual shorthand of the Western into Lewis’s distinctive approach to fine art photography.