Ron Tarver: African American Cowboys
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Tarver’s insights into his work

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Photograph “Biggest Lie”

Walt Faceson (left in the photograph) and Deek Wright shoot the breeze at a barbecue in southwest Philadelphia. “Much of what attracts people to the western way of life is the social aspects,” says Tarver. As one cowboy said to Tarver, “We get to see who can tell the biggest lie.”


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