Now open at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, is Living Large: Bob Wade’s Cowgirls, a new exhibition dedicated to the large-scale photography of Bob “Daddy-O” Wade, who spent decades experimenting with photographic techniques to capture images of Western subjects. 
Bob Wade (1943-2019), 13 Cowgirls, photograph“Wade’s work resonates with people for a variety of reasons,” says Diana Vela, the museum’s associate executive director. “In his work, we see women in camaraderie, women who have perhaps just finished competing, or are about to compete in varying horsemanship activities…There is freedom in being with a like-minded group of women. Every woman at some point in her life wants to be one of these women in the lineup, even if just for an hour.”
One of the works in the exhibition is Thirteen Cowgirls, the first work of cowgirls that Wade undertook. With an introduction composed by Jason Mellard, Wade’s friend and director for Texas Music History at Texas State University, the exhibition hosts 11 works, many of which are paired with the original postcard.
The exhibition was curated with Wade’s wife, Lisa, and daughter Rachel in honor of Wade’s legacy.
Living Large: Bob Wade’s Cowgirls runs through July 31 at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Texas. For more information visit
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