I enjoyed this one.
Horses are such intriguing animals to me and really drew me into this assignment. Six horses from a carriage company in Chicago were seized from the owners because of neglect and sent to the Hooved Animal Humane Society to be nursed back to proper health and put up for adoption.
When I arrived I was lucky enough to find Bill Watson removing old shoes and getting their feet set correctly. I had no idea that there was so much that goes into the proper walk for a horse and how their hoof affects that.
He was a self-proclaimed "good ol' boy" from Arkansas and full of character. What blew me away was his lightning fast assessment of each horse. Bill could watch a horse take two steps and know exactly what he needed to do to fix their walk. Watching him work was really interesting so I stayed long beyond what the assignment called for to make a few more images. He wasn't involved with our story whatsoever so all these images are just a bonus.
It was great to find an assignment that was out of my comfort zone, yet be able to make some great images out of, even if only for myself.
I think that the way Bill works will really lend itself well to video so I'm going to do a small piece on it in the next week, hopefully.
-JCE
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