SIOUX CITY PARK

Dust first, then the heat, then the sound of hooves before you see anything at all. Sioux City doesn’t ease you in — it puts you on a horse and lets the town come at you. The idea was to shoot movement, not scenery. Riders cutting through the frame at speed, saloon fronts catching light for half a second before they’re gone, the whole place feeling less like a location and more like something you’re passing through on your way to trouble. Nothing sits still long enough to be admired.