Up until a few years ago my career was in theatre and television as a stagemanager. Based in London the nearest I had ever come to a horse was on an inter-city 125. Horses were just big pets... in fields. I had occasion to move to the heart of Gloucestershire four years ago and with the proximity of so many equine disciplines, polo grounds, the hunt and event meetings aligned with the fact that I have always carried a camera, it wasn't long before I combined the one love with what rapidly became another. Polo patrons and players became curious about this photographer who spent more time shooting the pony lines than the action and wanted to see the work, so shootshorses.com was created
Of course polo in the UK led to polo in Argentina and you can't be on an Estancia long before you wind up on a horse, at that point what I was shooting became personal and a real joy.
As an extensive traveller and horse photographer, I have tried wherever I have been in the world, to catch not just the essence of the animals themselves, but the spirit and personality of the people who work with them, the wonderful textures and colors of their natural and working environments together with the emotion and intimacy shared between horse and human.
There are many good horse photographers out there, my approach from the beginning was about form and symmetry on an artistic level, trying to capture the power and grace of these horses and that moment of harmony between horse and rider.
Having worked in many counties now,with a multitude of horses and people, my understanding of these animals goes a long way to the images I produce, for all the potential power and strength they possess, ultimately I find them uniquely calming.