{"product_id":"rodeo-9780942642209","title":"Rodeo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . . After viewing and reviewing these remarkable photographs  and especially the portraits  one is stirred by a sense of hidden memory  some air of childhood  the smell of cut fodder corn or late summer heat or dust devils in the evening wind - - or something even older and bloodier. Because rodeo is not entirely what it seems. We feel instinctively that any contact between man and animal is exciting but also dangerous. So  like marriage  death  birth  or sex  it is restrained by a network of customs  a set of rules that permits the peril  but corrals it into theater. One has only to examine closely the marvelous detail of Norman Mauskopfs more intimate prints  not merely photographs  but observations deeply seen and deeply felt  and note the ceremonial costumes  the traditional facial masks and torn-off jeans of the clowns  and the hat-over-heart patriotism  to realize that these are not just cowboy games. Mauskopf has uncovered something more profound and instinctive. . . \" - Ben Maddow  Los Angeles 1985 (Introduction to \"Rodeo\")\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651498827829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0942642201","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780942642209.jpg?v=1781835213","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rodeo-9780942642209","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}