Dan Winters
Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson

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Artist Dan Winters (American, born 1962)American, born 1962

CultureAmerican

Titles

Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson

Date1994

PlaceBrady, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsvisible image: 18 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (47.6 × 47.6 cm)
frame: 28 3/4 × 27 3/4 in. (73 × 70.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Texas Monthly and the artist

Object number2000.418

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionIn February 1994, Texas Monthly magazine published an article titled “The Twilight of the Texas Rangers,” which discussed how the legendary organization’s history and traditions clashed with the changing realities of the modern world, specifically with the hiring of women rangers. Dan Winters’ photograph of 6-foot-5-inch, square jawed Joaquin Jackson met the public’s more traditional expectations of what a ranger should be, prompting popular posters and the subsequent use of the photo on the cover of a book celebrating 25 years of Texas Monthly.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.

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