“When I show up at events I make sure I’m coming in with good energy,” says photographer Ivan McClellan in and interview with the Phoblographer. “I have to be open and genuinely curious about the people I’m shooting. It takes a lot of work and time to get there, but when I do, everything flows, and people are open and collaborative in making portraits.” Ivan often starts without a camera in his hand before mustering up the courage to ask people for their images. All of this is super important for a part of American Culture that isn’t told about very often: the Black Rodeo.
