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January 30, 2003
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Tucson, Arizona
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1998
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William Albert Allard
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"Moments from pain, bull rider Brian Smotherman holds on for a last instant before the chute gate opens. In less than eight seconds he'll be down hard on Tucson dirt with a separated shoulder, a casualty of the roughest event in the rough sport of rodeo. Professional rodeos—about a thousand a year—thrive today on romance, nostalgia, and the utter devotion of their hard-driving cowboy stars."
—From "Rodeo: Behind the Chutes," National Geographic magazine, September 1999
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