# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaYQACxFmYZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67527663-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-04T17:12:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

The El Salvador-born, San Francisco-based photographer gabrielahasbun is a thoughtful and perceptive observer. For over a decade, she photographed the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo — the only touring African American rodeo in the United State — at its annual gathering at Rowell Ranch Rodeo Park outside of Oakland, California. 

Sensitive portraits of attendees with their horses, regalia, and equipment capture the event’s special atmosphere of care and pride in her book “The New Black West: Photographs from America’s Only Touring Black Rodeo” (Chronicle Books, 2022). It’s a thoughtful tribute to generations of BPIR participants, and to the ways that the rodeo has helped validate and redefine the largely untold story of Black cowboys and cowgirls in the American West.

Importantly, each of Gabriela Hasbun’s photos is accompanied by information about and comments from the people depicted. These texts convey the deep sense of meaning, connection, and freedom that rodeo-goers feel. The relationship between riders and horses is a central theme. 

To read the full story by laurenmoyaford, visit the link in bio.
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1 - Cowboy Jordan Miller at the 2021 Loyalty Riderz campout in Lodi, California (all images courtesy Chronicle Books)

3 - Tabansie Burch (with hat) and Brooke Jackson grew up attending the BPIR annually and riding with all the children who attended. Here they are on a horse in the rodeo parking lot in 2009.

 5 - Barrel racing contestant Little Jackie “Speed” Garner and son Jo’Siah Nelson spend time together moments after the Grand Entry at the 2008 BPIR in Oakland.

7 - Brianna Noble and her horse at De Fremery Park in Oakland, California, 2021

8 - Harold Williams Jr. (left) and Lindon Demery (right), junior rodeo champions at the 2018 BPIR

9 - Gabriela Hasbun, The New Black West, Chronicle Books, (2022). The book cover features a photo of Denesha Henderson from 2008. 

10 - A cowboy at the 2017 BPIR waves a version of the African American flag as he rides around the arena introducing the show.

#BlackCowboy #BlackStyle #Cowboy #Cowgirl #Rodeo #GabrielaHasbun #Photography

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gabrielahasbun, photography, cowgirl, rodeo, blackstyle, cowboy, blackcowboy

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