ANIMALS

My love for this photo cannot be overstated.

It's been years so I can't remember her name, but she's probably the oldest horse I've ever been with by far - she'd been in this world for over 30 years, longer than I have ever lived.

This photo is special to me because it shows a different side of this majestic animal. When people talk about horses, all they can think about is beauty and strong. And yet, just like any other living being on this planet, they grow old and get tired as well, especially for horses. Their bones get crushed by years of exhaustion. Their skins become loose. They get slow. Their temperament becomes much more calmed. But what these transformation got them? Most of her kind couldn't even to her age.

Thousands of horses die out of slaughter, racing, and wildfires every year. Be kind to this majestic creature. Treat them like another of your own.

Speaking of the relationship between people and horses, this is a great example - children and horse. This is the beginning of these girls' training, in the middle of the summer. With the heat going up, there's no grudge on the girls' faces whatsoever. That said a lot about their love. The way the girl on the back holding the leash was gentle and yet in sync with the horse. There's something about this scene that's very calm and yet inspiring to me.

This shot is another special one for me because of two reasons.

First, it's not an usual angle for people to view a horse. It's always the strong body from the side, or the deep eyes from the front. But, from the back she presents a very different perspective. With the eyeshade on her, she looks very avoidant, which is rightly to do so.

Secondly, just like the first photo, this one is showing her spine and her muscle shape as well. She's much younger than the first one, and yet almost every single corner on her body is telling a story. It makes you wonder.

This is probably one of my proudest shots that I took out of coincidence. Just like Frederick the Great, or Bucephalus, this beauty was perhaps the most striking one on the whole ranch at that day. She was very animated and was always running or jumping, which made it very difficult for me to take a good shot. But this particular moment came about and I seized it.

I love the two different tones within this frame. On the one hand, we have the trainer and the horse harmoniously communicating with each other. On the other hand, the existence of the whip and the bridle is too obvious to ignore. I'm always intrigued by this complicated relationship

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