During Our Thirty Years In Business We Have Worked With
A Numer Of Photo Legends: Here Are Two

Aaron Jones' burst on the scene in the 80's with his ground-breaking work characterized by the "light painting" techniques that he crafted in his own studio over several years. The dream-like quality of his work was achieved through special lighting techniques; the stills were done with the use of the Hosemaster© , the motion picture film often incorporated in-camera effects and motion control work, all designed and developed by Jones and his studio staff.

Self-taught as both a photographer and filmmaker, Jones turned to photography in 1977, giving up his woodworking business in Oregon to pursue a career in photojournalism. A serendipitous turn of events brought him into advertising when he was hired to shoot print advertisements for Boeing's 747.

During the nineties, Aaron shot campaigns for Sony, Suzuki Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson, Microsoft, Volvo, AT&T, Lexus, Chevrolet and many others.

Now splitting his time between San Miguel de Allende and Santa Fe, Aaron continues to work, developing film projects which will showcase his unique talents.

Aaron's last commercial print porfolio can be viewed by clicking on the image to the right.

 

 


The men who work on the Pitchfork, 6666 and JA ranches in the Texas Panhandle call theirs "the most free kind of life you can have." It's a life that's changed little since the 1860's, when thousands of young Texans rode home from the Civil War and began driving the wild longhorn cattle out of the brush and up the dusty trails to Abilene and Dodge City.

Over the years since, the cowboy has become the quintessential American hero. He has been glorified in song and story, on film and on television as the New World's knight on horseback, free as the wind, reliable as the sun, master of the vast and beautiful universe called The West.

Those who know the cowboy best know that his life is one of hard manual labor, brutal weather and a loneliness so strong that most of us would never bear it. But those realities only strengthen the power of his grasp on our imagination. Indeed, he stands tall in our minds and in our national mythology precisely because of the hardships he faces and the easy grace and humor with which he conquers them.

No photographer in our time has captured the harshness and beauty of the cowboy life as truthfully as Skeeter Hagler. Some of the images included here have won him the Pulitzer Prize. Their simple truth has needed no translation for viewers in museums, galleries and exhibits throughout the world. In touching these minds and hearts, they have become classics of the photographic art.

Skeeter continues to ply his craft from his ranch in Red Oak, Texas. Some of the photographs from his Pulitzer-Prize-winning "Cowboy" series can be seen by clicking on the photo to the left.