I was driving home from Lubbock one evening when I saw Bob Moorhouse, manager of the Pitchfork ranch, also going across the ranch. He invited me to come along as the cowboys were taking the remuda of horses to the chuckwagon which was located near Wildcat pens. We got up on a rise and as the sun was setting I shot this image with a Canon F1N and AE motordrive and Canon 300mm F2.8L lens. Fuji 50 ISO film.
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.
He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.