The Girl with the Cigar (Colour)
The Girl with the Cigar (Colour)
Durango, Colorado – 2026
“There are no more useful additives to a mountain story than fresh snow on the ground coupled with a decent but not overwhelming amount of falling snow. Neither comes on demand like room service and our unlucky moments make the lucky ones so much better. Gratitude for the good days is probably a subconscious product of all the underwhelming weather conditions we will face over the next year.
This was the first snowfall on the celebrated Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado for over three weeks. When we booked the steam train, the cowboy and the fashion model Kelsey Merritt, we had no idea what weather conditions would prevail that January morning and the results can be consigned to a case study on the random walk of luck.
Kelsey shines in her role; there had to be a palpable sense of sovereignty and a hint of nonchalance. She had never puffed on a cigar before, but she did so as if she grew up with a bunch of wise guys in the south side of Chicago.
I am drawn toward cinematic imagery and this is a story made for the silver screen. My preconception was that a wide composition would allow for a broader story to be told. It really is as simple as that. The focal plane does not exclude the train or the cowboy; it just celebrates Kelsey.
Women have been underrepresented in Westerns to the point of parody and the series we have just embarked on addresses that imbalance. There were girls on the final frontier and many of them had a casual relationship with the law. That all adds to the rich tapestry of the Wild West. There is something most alluring about women who do not play by the rules.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 37" x 69" (94 x 175.3 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 84" (132.1 x 213.4 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 55" x 103" (139.7 x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 70" x 118" (177.8 x 299.7 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.
The Girl with the Cigar (B&W)
The Girl with the Cigar (B&W)
Durango, Colorado – 2026
“There are no more useful additives to a mountain story than fresh snow on the ground coupled with a decent but not overwhelming amount of falling snow. Neither comes on demand like room service and our unlucky moments make the lucky ones so much better. Gratitude for the good days is probably a subconscious product of all the underwhelming weather conditions we will face over the next year.
This was the first snowfall on the celebrated Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado for over three weeks. When we booked the steam train, the cowboy and the fashion model Kelsey Merritt, we had no idea what weather conditions would prevail that January morning and the results can be consigned to a case study on the random walk of luck.
Kelsey shines in her role; there had to be a palpable sense of sovereignty and a hint of nonchalance. She had never puffed on a cigar before, but she did so as if she grew up with a bunch of wise guys in the south side of Chicago.
I am drawn toward cinematic imagery and this is a story made for the silver screen. My preconception was that a wide composition would allow for a broader story to be told. It really is as simple as that. The focal plane does not exclude the train or the cowboy; it just celebrates Kelsey.
Women have been underrepresented in Westerns to the point of parody and the series we have just embarked on addresses that imbalance. There were girls on the final frontier and many of them had a casual relationship with the law. That all adds to the rich tapestry of the Wild West. There is something most alluring about women who do not play by the rules.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 37" x 69" (94 x 175.3 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 84" (132.1 x 213.4 cm)
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 55" x 103" (139.7 x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 70" x 118" (177.8 x 299.7 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.
The Wanted
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – 2025
“John McEnroe was never an easy man to govern; he had too much armoury on the tennis court for his opponents and too much attitude off it for officialdom. He was an untamed street fighter who did not like to be told what to do and this inevitably led to moments of tension. McEnroe was pure box office and there has never really been anyone since.
It was this context that prompted me to cast him as a gunslinging outlaw in the chaotic and bloody days of the Wild West. He seemed to fit the bill much better than most of his contemporaries (though to his point – Jimmy Connors – ran him close).
I understood that the faux saloon we built in the Tetons of Wyoming would have a wider narrative if there was some sense of place and indeed a sense of the cold. There needed to be a fusion of the inside and the outside – never the simplest of tricks.
We ended up building the structure very close to where Tarantino shot the winter seasons in Django – I sense that he is not a bad judge of locations.
John was a leftie with a tennis racket and, of course, he instinctively picked up this pistol with his left hand. As with Wimbledon over 40 years ago, his presence holds court – there is a palpable sense of menace.“
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
Standard: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 37" x 46" in (94 cm × 178 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 61" in (132 cm × 155 cm)
Large: Edition of 20 + 3 APs
- Image Size: 56" x 70" in (142.24 cm × 117 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 85" in (180 cm × 216 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.