In his new monograph, Balls and Bulldust, Håkan Ludwigson presents the life of cattlemen in the Northern Territory, Australia, documented over the course of three months in 1985 entirely on an analogue Hasselblad camera. “I had to find out how and why they put up with this harsh work,” explains the Swedish photographer. ”Maybe we were all looking for the same thing, each in our own way. I just had to come back”.

Here, an extract of Mr Ludwigson’s stunning book showcases not another cowboy story, but rather one about men and women working intensely hard while seeking some kind of solitude and sense of space in the midst of challenging conditions.

Balls and Bulldust, by Håkan Ludwigson, is published September 2015 by Steidl Verlag.