Tag: horse
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Jenny The Horse Goes On A Solo Walk Every Day For The Last 14 Years All By Herself
Outdoor cats are known to wander, and dogs expected to get loose – but in Frankfurt, Germany’s Fechenheim district they have grown accustomed to a different kind of ‘outdoor pet’ – an Arabian mare named Jenny. The effervescent white horse strolls lazily through the streets each morning, on the same route, with no handler in…
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The “Rapunzel of Horses” Conquers Internet with Her Gorgeous Blonde Mane
Storm, an eight-year-old Haflinger mare from the Netherlands, has become a star on social media networks like Instagram thanks to her long, wavy locks. 24-year-old student and entrepreneur Naomi Beckers bought Storm from her previous owner two years ago after falling in love with her incredible hair, which interestingly, closely resembles her own blonde, curly…
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A Photographer Literally Dug Himself into a Hole to Get the Perfect Horse Portrait
Strip a horse of its saddle, bridle, stirrups, and other human-wrested accoutrements, and the animal stands tall and free in its natural splendor. And as it turns out, when given the opportunity to artistically pose for a photograph—horses can be complete hams for the camera. Andrius Burba and his photography collective Underlook began photographing animals…
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German Photographer Captures the Wild Beauty and Elegance of Horses
From Seabiscuit to Mr. Ed, some horses have a way of hogging the limelight. But photographer Wiebke Haas gets more up close and personal with more of these majestic creatures in her photo series “Horsestyle” for which she was a shortlist finalist in the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The portraits show a variety of…
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Photographer Takes Amazing Portraits of Farm Animals That Were Destined For the Dinner Table
Photographer Rob MacInnis has that amazing talent of patience. So much so, that he recently shot an amazing series of farmyard animal portraits that look so staged you would swear they were photoshopped together. What makes the series even more special is that the animals pictured were going to be otherwise used for consumption and…
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Scrap Metal and Farm Equipment Turned Into Stunning Sculptures!
South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn. Lopez already had a career as a bronze sculptor,…
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Adorable Photo Series of Animals Kissing
It turns out that people aren’t the only ones from the animal kingdom that plant kisses on one another. Birds bill, dogs lick, horses nuzzle and cats groom – animals like humans tend to exhibit kissing behavior as well. They instinctively display love, affection, peace, respect and friendship through direct physical contact among themselves and…