Rodeo Girls is an ongoing portrait project about young girls from Texas who compete in rodeos.
These individuals have a fundamentally different idea about their femininity and a contrasting attitude towards gender roles. They are engaged in activities that traditionally were reserved for men; they possess great physical strength and demonstrate their dominance over animals.
I am interested in the limitation these girls face in expressing their femininity and the transference of it onto animals.
— Ilona Szwarc
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Rodeo Girls
In her ongoing portrait project about young girls from Texas who compete in rodeos, Ilona Szwarc captures the confidence and vitality of her subjects, while pondering ideas about femininity and traditional gender roles in society.
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Award winner
Rodeo Girls
In her ongoing portrait project about young girls from Texas who compete in rodeos, Ilona Szwarc captures the confidence and vitality of her subjects, while pondering ideas about femininity and traditional gender roles in society.
Rodeo Girls
In her ongoing portrait project about young girls from Texas who compete in rodeos, Ilona Szwarc captures the confidence and vitality of her subjects, while pondering ideas about femininity and traditional gender roles in society.
