Beau Simmons American, b. 1990
Echoes Of The West, 2025
Photography
30 in. x 60 in. / 76 cm x 152 cm
37 in. x 67 in. Framed
Artwork is available in three sizes:
20 in. x 40 in. | 30 in. x 60 in. | 40 in. x 80 in.
Frame adds 7" to the artwork dimensions
37 in. x 67 in. Framed
Artwork is available in three sizes:
20 in. x 40 in. | 30 in. x 60 in. | 40 in. x 80 in.
Frame adds 7" to the artwork dimensions
Edition of 10 plus 2 AP
Artist Journal Entry: The very first time I explored the beauty surrounding Monument Valley, it immediately took me to a place in my mind filled with old western movies and...
Artist Journal Entry:
The very first time I explored the beauty surrounding Monument Valley, it immediately took me to a place in my mind filled with old western movies and the rugged American Southwest. From the impact Tom Ford had on this place to other films that used its epic scenery in some of the most iconic movie backdrops, taking me back to my childhood days and my fascination with the West. I knew at some point or another, I would also have a chance to create my version of something special in this amazing desert landscape.
About four hours south, I previously had worked with a handful of cowboys and their families near Marble Canyon, AZ, called Plateau Ranches. A few months before this photo, I called them up and told them about this idea I had of trailering horses into the park and capturing a series of photographs that honored the times when cowboys once roamed the land only on horseback. A time before modern inventions and concrete jungles we live amongst. A simple way of life where the land was our home. I didn't want to create something that looks like it was in the 1800s because it's been done numerous times, and it just doesn't speak to me as much. I have always been dedicated to capturing the modern-day cowboy and preserving what is left of a lifestyle that is slowly dying, or at least evolving from what it used to be. So my goal here was to capture a day where cowboys would be roaming the valley in between the mittens and famous landmarks that surround Monument Valley as if it's just another journey they're on, passing through the desert in search of stray cattle and wild horses. I wanted the focus to be on the cowboy to the right of this panorama, yet have your eye travel across the image until you can spot the other two riders way out in the distance, standing on a cliff's edge to the left-hand side of the photograph. It shows the immense scale of this place and the vibrancy of the desert during high noon. As I called out directions to each of them, I could hear my echo bounce off the looming towers of sandstone rock formations that shot straight up from the valley floor. It symbolizes to me a previous time when life was much slower and the work was more demanding in these regions for these men and women. A nod to both the cowboys who once passed through this wild terrain and the beautiful land of the Navajo Nation and its people. I call this artwork, Echoes of the West.
The very first time I explored the beauty surrounding Monument Valley, it immediately took me to a place in my mind filled with old western movies and the rugged American Southwest. From the impact Tom Ford had on this place to other films that used its epic scenery in some of the most iconic movie backdrops, taking me back to my childhood days and my fascination with the West. I knew at some point or another, I would also have a chance to create my version of something special in this amazing desert landscape.
About four hours south, I previously had worked with a handful of cowboys and their families near Marble Canyon, AZ, called Plateau Ranches. A few months before this photo, I called them up and told them about this idea I had of trailering horses into the park and capturing a series of photographs that honored the times when cowboys once roamed the land only on horseback. A time before modern inventions and concrete jungles we live amongst. A simple way of life where the land was our home. I didn't want to create something that looks like it was in the 1800s because it's been done numerous times, and it just doesn't speak to me as much. I have always been dedicated to capturing the modern-day cowboy and preserving what is left of a lifestyle that is slowly dying, or at least evolving from what it used to be. So my goal here was to capture a day where cowboys would be roaming the valley in between the mittens and famous landmarks that surround Monument Valley as if it's just another journey they're on, passing through the desert in search of stray cattle and wild horses. I wanted the focus to be on the cowboy to the right of this panorama, yet have your eye travel across the image until you can spot the other two riders way out in the distance, standing on a cliff's edge to the left-hand side of the photograph. It shows the immense scale of this place and the vibrancy of the desert during high noon. As I called out directions to each of them, I could hear my echo bounce off the looming towers of sandstone rock formations that shot straight up from the valley floor. It symbolizes to me a previous time when life was much slower and the work was more demanding in these regions for these men and women. A nod to both the cowboys who once passed through this wild terrain and the beautiful land of the Navajo Nation and its people. I call this artwork, Echoes of the West.