Horse Photos

To be really great, horse photos need to capture the essence of the horse: spirit, strength, beauty and grace.

The lens of a camera loves the horse, and horse pictures abound. They grace museum walls, and pricey art galleries.

Like many horsemen, my money goes to horse upkeep, not expensive pictures. Still, I do have equine art on my walls: pictures of my horses, and my kids and grandkids with their horses and ponies.

Yearly I do buy good horse photographs, a new picture every month. Calendars have great photographs! My current calendar has draft breeds. When looking at a picture of that massive animal running I can feel the ground tremble beneath my feet. That is fine equine photography for me: it evokes emotion. And luckily for as little as ten dollars.

"All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo, more than a painting, may change its meaning according to who is looking at it." ~John Berger

I found this quote to be very interesting. I have seen very good pictures that show a horse’s eye and just a little of its face. But I have yet to see the wisdom I see in the eye of my old brood mare. I believe with the right photographer taking her picture, I could, when she is long gone, look at the photo and see her maternal eye. She is motherhood, she has seen it all, accepts it all, and looks upon the foolishness of the world with patience.

"Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone." -William Albert Allard

And thus the horse photography book is so essential to those of us who love horses.

We are searching to find the best horse picture books the web has to offer and bring them to you.

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EQUUS: In Celebration of the Horse

by Glenn Hunt

Australia

A stunning black and white photographic collection documenting the ancient and enduring relationship between man and horse in a series of 114 extraordinary images from across the globe. more

Wild Hoofbeats America's Vanishing Wild Horses

by Carol Walker

USA

Dust boils up off the prairie. In a land that seems empty of all but sagebrush, wisps of grass, dirt and sun…moving shapes begin to take form: white blazes, flashing eyes, manes flowing and tails waving the occasional sharp hoof. There is sound too, a gradually growing dull thunder that vibrates the ground like an enduring earthquake. Soon dust, shapes, and sounds resolve themselves into running horses-a huge number of running horses. more

The Pintaloosa

by Rebecca Rogers

USA

This book has over 400 color photographs of beautiful Pintaloosa equines, with a huge assortment of colors, a vast array of patterns and pattern types. If you love the world of horses and especially their brilliant array of color patterns - this book is the perfect book for you! more

Spirit Horses

by Tony Stromberg

USA

Publisher: New World Library

A photographic book representing the beauty and spirit of the horse, with some of my favorite quotes mixed in here and there. more

Horses, 1000 photos

by Rebo Publishers

***It is exactly 1,000 photos of horses in all walks of life - wild ones, social ones, racing, jumping, draft, and on and on and on...! A very sweet little "coffee table" book for all horse-lovers. Paula Harrington, Personal Ponies Advocate, Personal Ponies-AR

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Photographers interested in advertising their books of horse photos.

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