Arizona's ranchers are the genuine article

The honesty and integrity that define ranchers is illustrated clearly by Cochise County rancher Frank Krentz in the photograph hanging at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. His look is simple, yet definitive: white Western hat with a pressed Wrangler shirt and working blue jeans. His gaze conveys a sense of purpose, a sense of knowing what it means to understand the land and how to understand and treat animals. Actually, if you look closely at any of the 100 photographs of Arizona ranchers on display at the airport, you'll find those same admirable traits. And they're all genuine. They're real Arizonans whose families have been ranching in the state since at least statehood and are part of an exhibition called "100 Years 100 Ranchers." The expressions, settings and characters are endearing...more