Get Tintype-Cast

According to the December 2007 article that first accompanied photographer Robb Kendrick's tintypes of modern cowboys, a typical horse-riding buckaroo can expect to earn around $750 a month. They work from before dawn till after sunset in temperatures that range from below zero to triple digits. Broken ribs and thumbs lopped off by accidents are not uncommon. And don't you wish you were lucky enough to be a cowboy? Admit it. You'd trade the cubicle in a New York minute for a chance to ride the range and wear a Stetson and chaps without looking like one of the Village People. We may not ever get to punch cattle, but we can see the men (and women) who do at the Afterimage Photograph Gallery's exhibit of Kendrick's tintypes, made using a 19th-century wet-plate technique that required Kendrick to haul a mobile darkroom down 40,000 miles of roads. A reception for the artist will be held 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 2800 Routh St. in the Quadrangle. The exhibit continues through September 9. Call 214-871-9140 or visit afterimagegallery.com for more info.
Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Starts: July 31. Continues through Sept. 9, 2008