Grumpy Monkey
The Snow Monkeys three hours west of Tokyo are accessible even in winter and it is difficult to capture fresh detail. This picture, on a bleak and cold winter’s day, probably works because everything about it is miserable to the point of being comical. The misty and dank weather matches the Snow Monkey’s mood. I had no light to play with and this is technically reflected in the lack of depth of focus. I am flattered that so many people adore this picture – maybe it says a little bit about us?
65” x 90” (framed)
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The Vortex
There are some saloons in the West that retain a vice-like grip on their clientele. The customer’s loyalty is guaranteed in perpetuity no matter what may happen on any day within the bar. Indeed, the longer the list of unrefined behaviour becomes, the greater the notoriety of the bar. Every week new patrons – sensing fun – arrive like moths to a light. That’s how badass joints build their brand and their reputation.
For a bar to build that sort of image is impressive; it suggests continuity in staff, management and ownership as well as a commitment to deliver day in and day out. Very few bars in the world get here.
But No Name Saloon in Park City, Utah is one such saloon. The clientele are not there for a quiet time, they are there to test their livers in a setting that encourages the celebration of life. The Utah licensing laws make this bar hard to get into, but the energy once you get in, makes it even harder to leave. It is an unrelenting vortex of mischief.
No Name Saloon embraces Americana and any customer lending weight to that narrative is welcome, no matter the practicalities. So, on that basis, I thought bringing in a 2000 lb male bison on a snowy Tuesday morning could only add to the lore of the joint.
As I suspected, no one in the bar really cared – they just went on with normal business – they are not easily shocked in this part of the world. It was just another Tuesday. Who knows what happened in No Name on Wednesday.
69” x 118” (framed)
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Wall Street Stories (Colour)
Wall Street Stories (Colour)
Manhattan, New York – 2026
“I was on duty at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, when forecasts of a massive cross-state winter storm started to hit TV channels. The storm would stretch North East all the way from Texas to Boston and what particularly interested me was the expectation of a foot of snow in one day in New York City.
I had always wanted to photograph Manhattan in an intense blizzard and the fortunate news was the storm was going to land on a Sunday when most public areas would be light of working people. Anyone sensible or anyone following the new Mayor’s advice would not be leaving home.
I am familiar with the area immediately outside the NYSE building, having filmed there before and recognised its visual potential in a white out. I had just enough time to organise our “wolf ” and his handlers to get up from California, but speaking engagements restricted me to flying in on the red eye on Saturday night and hoping to arrive before JFK shut.
As it was, I made it from Salt Lake City with a couple of hours to spare and then, as predicted, the city was hit with the biggest one-day snowfall since 1905. These are the opportunities we long for and thanks to quick thinking and good logistical back up from my team, I was exactly where I needed to be. This was about to be an historic day in the epicentre of the world.
By about 11am, snow was accumulating at 2 inches an hour and filming a subject further than 3 feet from the camera was challenging. However, the composition I was looking for would necessitate the wolf being very close and then working with my most extreme wide-angle lens. My preference was for the wolf ’s face to be caked in snow and the conditions guaranteed that.
A bonus was that the extreme cold served to amplify the steam escaping through one of the nearby maintenance holes. This added to the visual depth of a New York story and I knew I could use the steam to my advantage.
What a morning, and huge thanks to my friend – the Texan model Holly Graves – who entered this winter wonderland with all the energy and enthusiasm that I have come to expect from her. It was not a day for precious people; it was a day for those with a visceral commitment to their craft.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12
- Image Size: 37" x 44" (94 x 111.8 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 59" (132.1 x 149.9 cm)
Large: Edition of 12
- Image Size: 56" x 66" (142.2 x 139.7 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 81" (180.3 x 205.7 cm)
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Wall Street Stories (B&W)
Wall Street Stories (B&W)
Manhattan, New York – 2026
“I was on duty at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, when forecasts of a massive cross-state winter storm started to hit TV channels. The storm would stretch North East all the way from Texas to Boston and what particularly interested me was the expectation of a foot of snow in one day in New York City.
I had always wanted to photograph Manhattan in an intense blizzard and the fortunate news was the storm was going to land on a Sunday when most public areas would be light of working people. Anyone sensible or anyone following the new Mayor’s advice would not be leaving home.
I am familiar with the area immediately outside the NYSE building, having filmed there before and recognised its visual potential in a white out. I had just enough time to organise our “wolf ” and his handlers to get up from California, but speaking engagements restricted me to flying in on the red eye on Saturday night and hoping to arrive before JFK shut.
As it was, I made it from Salt Lake City with a couple of hours to spare and then, as predicted, the city was hit with the biggest one-day snowfall since 1905. These are the opportunities we long for and thanks to quick thinking and good logistical back up from my team, I was exactly where I needed to be. This was about to be an historic day in the epicentre of the world.
By about 11am, snow was accumulating at 2 inches an hour and filming a subject further than 3 feet from the camera was challenging. However, the composition I was looking for would necessitate the wolf being very close and then working with my most extreme wide-angle lens. My preference was for the wolf ’s face to be caked in snow and the conditions guaranteed that.
A bonus was that the extreme cold served to amplify the steam escaping through one of the nearby maintenance holes. This added to the visual depth of a New York story and I knew I could use the steam to my advantage.
What a morning, and huge thanks to my friend – the Texan model Holly Graves – who entered this winter wonderland with all the energy and enthusiasm that I have come to expect from her. It was not a day for precious people; it was a day for those with a visceral commitment to their craft.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12
- Image Size: 37" x 44" (94 x 111.8 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 59" (132.1 x 149.9 cm)
Large: Edition of 12
- Image Size: 56" x 66" (142.2 x 139.7 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 81" (180.3 x 205.7 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Saturday Night Live (Colour)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“It’s only when an adult bison head finds itself next to an adult human head that the enormity of the animal can be truly conveyed. This is not an easy trick in an open ranchland, never mind at a saloon entrance in the mountains of Wyoming. The bison is such an emblematic part of the American West and whenever we film them, either in the wild or on a set, I am drawn to the very big bulls. Why go any other way?
We know that in telling stories from the wild west we are on well-trodden ground – it is the oldest genre of them all – and that does mean we have a deep fear of the mundane. I feel the need to push some boundaries in my own revisionism whilst not being too serious about the whole crusade. We are looking to be playful long before we are looking to preach. There is a cartoonish element to the whole process and my characters tend to be stripped back to basic levels, as is the case here, with the cowboy and the saloon girl. Thank you always to Josie Canseco who looks the part, even in the extreme cold.
In most situations it is the creative idea that needs to be worked on rather than specifically the execution, but in this case, the execution was a formidable undertaking; the bison is not an animal that lends itself to placement or set direction.
Fortunately, we do know one bison that goes by the name of Clyde who has a wrangler and can – to an extent – be persuaded to perform to order.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 37" x 44" in (93.98 cm × 111.76 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 59" in (132.08 cm × 149.86 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 56" x 66" in (142.24 cm × 167.64 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 81" in (180.34 cm × 205.74 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Saturday Night Live (B&W)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“It’s only when an adult bison head finds itself next to an adult human head that the enormity of the animal can be truly conveyed. This is not an easy trick in an open ranchland, never mind at a saloon entrance in the mountains of Wyoming. The bison is such an emblematic part of the American West and whenever we film them, either in the wild or on a set, I am drawn to the very big bulls. Why go any other way?
We know that in telling stories from the wild west we are on well-trodden ground – it is the oldest genre of them all – and that does mean we have a deep fear of the mundane. I feel the need to push some boundaries in my own revisionism whilst not being too serious about the whole crusade. We are looking to be playful long before we are looking to preach. There is a cartoonish element to the whole process and my characters tend to be stripped back to basic levels, as is the case here, with the cowboy and the saloon girl. Thank you always to Josie Canseco who looks the part, even in the extreme cold.
In most situations it is the creative idea that needs to be worked on rather than specifically the execution, but in this case, the execution was a formidable undertaking; the bison is not an animal that lends itself to placement or set direction.
Fortunately, we do know one bison that goes by the name of Clyde who has a wrangler and can – to an extent – be persuaded to perform to order.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 37" x 44" in (93.98 cm × 111.76 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 59" in (132.08 cm × 149.86 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 56" x 66" in (142.24 cm × 167.64 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 81" in (180.34 cm × 205.74 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
You Cannot Be Serious (B&W)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“John McEnroe is a sporting gunslinger, an urban cowboy and an utterly unique individual. He has never been one to accept convention or authority and was perfectly qualified therefore to play a lead role when we told a few stories one winter evening outside the legendary Millon Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. He is everything I remember from him on court – competitive, questioning and sometimes irascible, but always alert and on point. We enjoy working with him as it prompts us to be at our creative best. I like to be on my toes.
John is a true American icon with some extraordinary gifts in the hand, eye, ball department. But he can also hold a good line in reasoned debate – which is why he has become a voice of authority on many issues over and above tennis. His dad was, of course, a lawyer, as indeed is his brother Mark who joined us on this trip. My sense is that over the years the McEnroes have won most of the arguments they have entered.
My creative predilection is to be wry rather than earnest and when we involve someone who has led as full a life as John, we would never want to ever suggest that we have earned the right to do anything other than have fun. We will work quick and smart and will not abuse his time – he has certainly earned that right. We will leave the loftier ambitions to artists elsewhere.
I think John loves music as much as sport and of course the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar is first and foremost a music venue. I am sure that were his dear friend – the late, great Jimmy Buffett – to see this image, he would raise his glass and develop a wry smile.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 39" x 37" in (99.06 cm × 93.98 cm)
- Framed Image: 54" x 52" in (137.16 cm × 132.08 cm)
Large: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 59" x 56" in (149.86 cm × 142.24 cm)
- Framed Image: 74" x 71" in (187.96 cm × 180.34 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
You Cannot Be Serious (Colour)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“John McEnroe is a sporting gunslinger, an urban cowboy and an utterly unique individual. He has never been one to accept convention or authority and was perfectly qualified therefore to play a lead role when we told a few stories one winter evening outside the legendary Millon Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. He is everything I remember from him on court – competitive, questioning and sometimes irascible, but always alert and on point. We enjoy working with him as it prompts us to be at our creative best. I like to be on my toes.
John is a true American icon with some extraordinary gifts in the hand, eye, ball department. But he can also hold a good line in reasoned debate – which is why he has become a voice of authority on many issues over and above tennis. His dad was, of course, a lawyer, as indeed is his brother Mark who joined us on this trip. My sense is that over the years the McEnroes have won most of the arguments they have entered.
My creative predilection is to be wry rather than earnest and when we involve someone who has led as full a life as John, we would never want to ever suggest that we have earned the right to do anything other than have fun. We will work quick and smart and will not abuse his time – he has certainly earned that right. We will leave the loftier ambitions to artists elsewhere.
I think John loves music as much as sport and of course the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar is first and foremost a music venue. I am sure that were his dear friend – the late, great Jimmy Buffett – to see this image, he would raise his glass and develop a wry smile.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 39" x 37" in (99.06 cm × 93.98 cm)
- Framed Image: 54" x 52" in (137.16 cm × 132.08 cm)
Large: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 59" x 56" in (149.86 cm × 142.24 cm)
- Framed Image: 74" x 71" in (187.96 cm × 180.34 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Twilight (B&W)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“Telling stories of the Wild West in one single image is a challenging brief, as no matter the number of layers a photographer tries to incorporate in one frame, there can be a sense that he or she always wants to say more. After all, the “Push West” is the greatest story ever told.
That is why snow is such a helpful variant as it adds an extra character for free and we welcome that. I want to be visually greedy without overplaying it and bad weather or snow is often the solution. We like to work in bad weather or the remnants of it.
The language of light is the cornerstone of photography and I am drawn to the risk/reward ratio of working in sub optimal ambient light. This is particularly true when there is a Western brief, as this was a metaphorically dark and sinister era. The loosely governed nights were long and presumably full of menace.
In the same way that we would tell stories of Palm Beach society life in the richness of full daytime sunshine, tales of the lawless “final frontier” beg for a more Hitchcockian mood. I had this lighting in mind in the few days before I took this photograph in the mountains of Wyoming.
The concept was to build a saloon that looked marooned in the middle of nowhere and in so doing play to the vastness and emptiness of the Wild West. I sensed that half an hour before dusk would allow the lanterns in the old saloon to glow a little whilst also having enough daylight to tell an outdoor narrative. 30 minutes either side of then and it would be suboptimal.
Hollywood has long cast Westerns with a deeply masculine skew – almost to the point of parody. Therein lies an opportunity, because women must have been an integral part of the push West and I like to celebrate powerful women in my stories. The Austrian actress in this photograph, Heidi Berger, owns this stage – she has beauty, femininity and grace in her role but be in no doubt that she will pull the trigger if forced.
This picture is a homage to all those women out there who take no shit.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 31" x 77" in (78.74 cm × 195.58 cm)
- Framed Image: 46" x 92" in (116.84 cm × 233.68 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 41" x 103" in (104.14 cm × 261.62 cm)
- Framed Image: 56" x 118" in (142.24 cm × 299.72 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Twilight (Colour)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“Telling stories of the Wild West in one single image is a challenging brief, as no matter the number of layers a photographer tries to incorporate in one frame, there can be a sense that he or she always wants to say more. After all, the “Push West” is the greatest story ever told.
That is why snow is such a helpful variant as it adds an extra character for free and we welcome that. I want to be visually greedy without overplaying it and bad weather or snow is often the solution. We like to work in bad weather or the remnants of it.
The language of light is the cornerstone of photography and I am drawn to the risk/reward ratio of working in sub optimal ambient light. This is particularly true when there is a Western brief, as this was a metaphorically dark and sinister era. The loosely governed nights were long and presumably full of menace.
In the same way that we would tell stories of Palm Beach society life in the richness of full daytime sunshine, tales of the lawless “final frontier” beg for a more Hitchcockian mood. I had this lighting in mind in the few days before I took this photograph in the mountains of Wyoming.
The concept was to build a saloon that looked marooned in the middle of nowhere and in so doing play to the vastness and emptiness of the Wild West. I sensed that half an hour before dusk would allow the lanterns in the old saloon to glow a little whilst also having enough daylight to tell an outdoor narrative. 30 minutes either side of then and it would be suboptimal.
Hollywood has long cast Westerns with a deeply masculine skew – almost to the point of parody. Therein lies an opportunity, because women must have been an integral part of the push West and I like to celebrate powerful women in my stories. The Austrian actress in this photograph, Heidi Berger, owns this stage – she has beauty, femininity and grace in her role but be in no doubt that she will pull the trigger if forced.
This picture is a homage to all those women out there who take no shit.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 31" x 77" in (78.74 cm × 195.58 cm)
- Framed Image: 46" x 92" in (116.84 cm × 233.68 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 41" x 103" in (104.14 cm × 261.62 cm)
- Framed Image: 56" x 118" in (142.24 cm × 299.72 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.