What comes to mind when you picture a cowgirl? Many imagine flannel shirts, Stetson hats, and bootcut jeans. But in escaramuza—the all-female equestrian sport that originated in Mexico and later made its way to the U.S.—the image looks quite different.

For nearly two years, Constance Jaeggi traveled the U.S. photographing escaramuza riders—now the focus of a museum exhibition at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, and of her upcoming book Escaramuza: The Poetics of Home. She hopes viewers are drawn in by the vivid portraits and stay for the story of feminism, immigration, and sacrifice.