The Llaneros (cowboys) of Venezuela (1974)
In 1974, one of the worst dry spells hit Venezuela. A disaster for the life stock and the ranchers. The Llaneros of Venezuela did their best to save as many as they could.
A Venezuelan cowboy riding a horse leading a herd of cattle down a rural dirt road lined with trees and fencing. | Chas Gerretsen
A Venezuelan cowboy wearing a hat rides a horse through a dusty cattle ranch surrounded by cattle. | Chas Gerretsen
Two Venezuelan cowboys riding horses near a fence and cattle in a rural area. | Chas Gerretsen
A Venezuelan cowboy riding a horse and herding cattle on a dirt terrain. | Chas Gerretsen
A black and white photograph of a man wearing a cowboy hat, leaning on a horse. The man has a serious expression and is dressed in a light-colored shirt. The background appears to be a rural outdoor setting with trees. | Chas Gerretsen
Venezuelan cowboy riding a horse with a herd of cattle in the background, black and white photo. | Chas Gerretsen
A Venezuelan cowboy wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long-sleeved shirt leaning on a horse with one arm, in a natural outdoor setting. | Chas Gerretsen
A group of cattle being herded along a dirt road by a cowboy on horseback, with a boy riding next to the man. The scene is from a rural, historical setting. | Chas Gerretsen
A cow tearing a piece of paper on dry ground. | Chas Gerretsen
A man holding a small foal with a cigarette in his mouth, outdoors with trees and a wooden fence in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
Four cowboys working together to move a starving cow, in a rural outdoor setting with trees and a simple fence. | Chas Gerretsen
Four people working together on a carved wooden ox sculpture in an outdoor setting with trees in the background.
Group of five cowboys, lifting a cow on a wooden plank in a rural area with trees behind them. | Chas Gerretsen
A man is using a rope around a starving cow lying on the dirt ground. Several cows are in the background near a tree, on a farm in a rural area. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy riding a horse lassoing a cow on a dusty plain with cattle in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy riding a horse in front of a herd of cattle on a dusty rural trail. | Chas Gerretsen
Black and white photograph of a cow and several horses in a barren farmyard with leafless trees in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy on horseback tending to a herd of cattle outside a rural farm with a barn and trees in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
An elderly man wearing a cowboy hat, standing behind a wooden railing, resting his chin on his hand, looking pensively into the distance. | Chas Gerretsen
Black and white photo of a man sitting behind a wooden fence, smoking, wearing a light shirt and pants, against a rough wall. | Chas Gerretsen
A young girl stands barefoot outside a wooden structure, holding a stick and looking at the camera, with a chicken sitting on the ground nearby. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy standing in a rural farmyard, holding a rope attached to a very skinny cow. Several other cows are in the background, some with markings, under a tree and fencing. | Chas Gerretsen
Three people leaning on a wooden railing outside a rustic building. An older man in a cowboy hat and glasses is on the left, and two men are on the right, looking to the side. | Chas Gerretsen
A man and a woman sitting on a rustic stone staircase. The woman is sitting on the bottom step, holding sunglasses in her right hand. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy trying to control a cow near a pond, with a tree beside them, in a rural area. | Chas Gerretsen
Person wearing a hat and glasses sitting on a tractor, holding a bunch of hay or straw over dry farmland with a hill in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
A cowboy feeds hay to a group of cattle and calves in a dry field. | Chas Gerretsen
A barren landscape with scattered dead cows, two trees in the distance, and two vultures in the sky, | Chas Gerretsen
Black and white photo of a rural scene with a group of black vultures feeding around a dead cow lying on the ground, near a fence and trees in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
A cow skeleton lying on a dirt ground with a vulture standing nearby. | Chas Gerretsen