Category Archives: Horses

Horse Show

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Southern California 2005: At the Fairgrounds  Quarter Horses stand quietly and wait for their riders. I try to go to the fair each year to photograph the rodeo and the horse competitions. This isn’t a dynamic scene, but the palm … Continue reading

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The Cart Horse

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 Luxor, Egypt 1998 A handsome but thin gray Arab horse stands patiently between the shafts as his driver tells me not to photograph him. The horse didn’t mind and so I carried on.

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The Wild West of China

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Quinghai, Provence, China 2007 Tibetan cowboys and their yak head toward a festival in Yushou. Maybe the yak would be sold at the festival. I didn’t see any yak judging going on when we were there. You can see the … Continue reading

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Kyrgyz Cowboy

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Issyk Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan 2012  Sometimes I have no story about the photos I show you.  I’ll show you several photos to make up for the lack of a story. We saw this man when we stopped for gas. He … Continue reading

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Horse Power in Hungary

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Hungary 1990 There wasn’t much to see as we drove through southern Hungary: gently rolling land covered in pale, spring green. No villages. No cars on the road except ours. Then I saw a scene right out of my childhood as … Continue reading

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Inside the Ancient Walls of Khiva

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Khiva Uzbekistan 2012 Khiva isn’t a very large city. Torie and I walked the alleys and squares looking for photos and, in Torie’s case, artisanal handicrafts. Uzbek music drifted from one particular shop and it must have had a magical power because … Continue reading

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Katie’s Last Horse

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Southern California 2013 I was happy to go to Katie’s barn to photograph Marshall. He’s a Hanoverian/Saddlebred cross with the huge stride and sweet temperament of a warmblood. I turned the photo into a digital painting. I had to delete the background. (It … Continue reading

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Bassari Horseman

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Ghana 2001 We were returning to Lome from Mali. We zigzagged through Ghana and Togo visiting different tribes. On our way we met some young Bassari men in northern Ghana who were happy to demonstrate the Bassari tradition as horsemen.  Few tribes in Africa own horses … Continue reading

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Akhal Teke

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Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 Our local guide, Anvar, took us to see the Akhal Teke horses at a stable in the Ferghana Valley. The trainer was proud of his horses and brought this young stallion out for me to appraise. The horse, excited … Continue reading

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Kyrgyzstan Landscape

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Kyrgyzstan, south of Issyk Kul Lake 2012 It was October. Maybe the Ala Too Mountains south of Issyk Kul Lake are always covered in snow, but it had snowed on the peaks several times as we toured the area. I think the temperature where … Continue reading

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