I shot the sheriff: Photographer on stunning Old West road trip
Renowned photographer David Yarrow has spent the first three months of the year capturing images of America’s iconic Wild West, writes Murray Scougall.
The stunning shots feature outlaws, grizzly gold prospectors, cowboy capitalists, native Americans, supermodel Cara Delevingne... and a wolf in a convertible.
Yarrow, originally from Kilmacolm in Renfrewshire, said: “The majesty and grandeur of the
American West landscapes have been well documented so we had to go one stage further and treatise that unique topography with stories. The selected images should live and breathe cinema.
“The canvas we chose to tell
our stories on is the America so many know and love, with its long roads running to the horizon. No other country in the world offers road trips and locations as visually rewarding as America and they are integral to the fabric of the
American dream. It is no wonder Westerns have a film genre to themselves.”
The two prints Yarrow, who has won acclaim for previous collections featuring “big tusker” elephants, is releasing which feature Cara Delevingne will raise money for her foundation. His first collaboration with her in 2018 raised £240,000.
Cara said: “David is the epitome of an artist, he goes above and beyond to capture a moment in its true essence. I love working with him so much because he makes me feel safe and inspired while always producing a visual feast.”
Here, Yarrow provides an insight into some of the pictures from his new collection.