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Photography. A color photo of a crocodile in a swimming pool. The picturesque scene shows a long swimming pool with green water. A large alligator is swimming in it. A man in blue jeans and a cowboy hat is standing at the edge of the pool. He has a bare upper body and is holding a yellow lasso in his hand. His gaze is fixed resolutely on the alligator. Artfully trimmed hedges and flowers form the background. Both the BonBon colors and the half-naked cowboy with crocodile are reminiscent of the best days of Hollywood, but at the same time feel wrong. A photo that tells stories. Info: Australian-born, Brooklyn-based photographer Dean West is best known for his highly staged, saturated photographs, which are as cinematic as they are painterly and reminiscent of paintings by Hockney. West meticulously recreates his photographs from memory - a lengthy process that can take up to a year per image.