"This is Dallas - the Big D. Everything is big in Texas and therefore
creative ideas should be big too. We wondered whether anyone had tried
to photograph the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and working cowboys with
their longhorn cattle in the same shot. Further still, we wondered
whether it had ever been done in downtown Dallas in the middle of the
day?

"Once I have an idea in my head, I am like a dog with a
bone - I will not let it go until all possible angles have been
exhausted to make it happen. Dallas did happen and there are so many
people I would like to thank.

"I start with Shawn Todd - who
helped close down the East Quarter of Dallas that he is redeveloping.
Then I must thank The Dallas Cowboys franchise, in particular, Kelli
Finglass, the Director of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and of course
all the girls themselves.

"Also, I must thank many of my
friends in Dallas who came along and lent support. Bill Hill - the
former District Attorney of Dallas; Troy Aikman, the iconic quarterback
for the Cowboys; Steve Stodghill and his wife Anne who have done so much
for me in the city and of course JD and Lea Miller of Samuel Lynne
Gallery who represent me in the city. This was a real team effort.

"But thank you most of all to the Dallas Police Department for making it all possible." - David Yarrow