The Life and Times of Charles J. Belden: Cowboy Photographer

The Life and Times of Charles J. Belden, Cowboy Photographer, is scheduled for a Fall 2024 release according to the publisher, the first monograph to be published featuring the work of the legendary Wyoming photographer. "Belden belongs to that great tradition of world-class photographers— Carelton Watkins, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbot come to mind", says publisher Brooks Roddan whose independent press, IFSF Publishing, is located in San Francisco and northwest Wyoming. "We're thrilled to be bringing the book out, a long-time labor of love, the result of a real collaborative effort of people aware of Belden's work. New readers will discover for the first time an artist whose photographs are a vivid, authentically iconic portrait of the American West." "We were happily surprised to learn that a book on Belden hadn't yet been done," says Roddan. "I've been traveling around Wyoming for years, and it was as if I kept seeing Belden images whenever I was there—they