Chloe Kerleroux Photographs Black Rodeo Culture — SkimNews
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- Chloe Kerleroux has spent several years photographing African American cowboy communities across the southern United States.
- Kerleroux's earlier work centered on trail rides, described in the source as large gatherings combining horses, music, dancing, family and community life.
- The Bill Pickett rodeo is the new subject of Kerleroux's photography this year, marking her shift from trail rides into rodeo culture.
- The headline quote — 'We're in a brotherhood now' — frames the rodeo as a community-building space, underscoring the personal bonds the photographer captured.
Why it matters: The photo essay extends visual documentation of Black cowboy traditions beyond trail rides into competitive rodeo, giving the Bill Pickett event — named for the early 20th-century Black cowboy and hall-of-famer — a new platform in mainstream photography coverage.
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