Photographer Releases Expanded Black Rodeo Book

Ivan McClellan's second edition of Eight Seconds adds 91 previously unpublished photographs documenting Black Cowboy culture.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Rodeo

Empty dirt rodeo arena at early morning with an open weathered wooden chute gate in the foreground, dust in warm low light over open prairie. — Oregon photojournalist Ivan McClellan released a second edition of his book on Black rodeo culture, adding 91 previously unpublished photographs. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Oregon-based photojournalist Ivan McClellan has published Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion, a second edition of his book on Black rodeo culture, featuring 91 previously unpublished photographs and a new introduction and foreword. The first edition, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, appeared in 2024.

Why it matters

The book extends a visual record of contemporary Black Cowboy culture across the United States, drawing on more than a decade of McClellan's immersion in the community. It is available through Damiani Books, Waterstones, and Amazon.

The second edition adds 91 previously unpublished photographs to the 2024 first edition. The source does not report total page count or print run.

The players

Ivan McClellan

An Oregon-based photojournalist who has spent more than a decade documenting contemporary Black Cowboy culture.

Damiani Books

The publisher of both editions of Eight Seconds.

The details

The photographs document rodeo events, training camps, and daily life across Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, California, and Colorado, including a 16-year-old barrel racer and a rider who held the reins for 15 minutes while a horse circled. McClellan combined the results of years of travel with his camera into the book.

2024: First edition, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, published.
2026: Second edition, Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion, published.

Roadmap

The second edition extends the 2024 first edition, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, into a fuller visual archive of Black Cowboy life. The expansion builds on the same long-term documentary project rather than starting a new one.

Readers interested in Black rodeo culture can purchase the book from Damiani Books, Waterstones, or Amazon. The book includes new introductory material and a foreword alongside the photographs.

The takeaway

Documentary photography can preserve cultural histories that receive limited mainstream coverage. McClellan's expanded edition shows how a long-term project can grow through continued fieldwork.