Labor Day Weekend In Dayton, Iowa

• Photographer
  Anja Bruehling
• Agency / Studio
  Anja Bruehling Photography
• Prize
  Silver in Events / Other
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.anjabruehling.com

In Dayton, Iowa 2 hours north of Des Moines - with a population of 772, Labor Day weekend evolves around the rodeo, town fair, and Labor Day parade. Since 1937, Dayton has been the site of a rodeo on Labor Day weekend. It began with a pair of local cowboys and has grown to a National Championship Rodeo, sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association. The rodeo features bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, and the wild horse race. The rodeo has generated large crowds and high-quality competitors.

• Biography
  In 2017 Anja Bruehling gave up her global executive career to pursue her passion -documentary and fine art photography. She has worked and travelled to over 60 countries. Her passions are documenting people, diverse cultures, social issues and the human condition around the world. She sees the camera as medium to stay curious more than ever and to make observations, explore places, prosperity, beauty, people and the socio-economic problems they face.
• Awards
  2019 – American Photographer 35 2018 – 1st Place Winner and 2x 2nd Place Winner IPA Awards 2018 – Latin American Fotografia 7 2018 – Critical Mass (Top 200) 2018 - 4 finalist / honorable mention in the 11th Julia Cameron Awards 2017 – American Photographer 33 2016 – American Photographer 32 2016 – Latin American Fotografia 5 2016 – Finalist – Social Documentary Network – Visual Stories 2015 – Critical Mass (Top 200) 2015 – American Photographer 31 – Chosen Winner