Sometimes things don't have to have a point - they just have to make you smile.
And these images of horses with hair extensions do just that.
Jockeying for position to be best-in-show, it was up to award winning advertising photographer Julian Wolkenstein to keep the supermodels of the equine world in check.
Well, we figured out pretty quickly on a test day that it was a major undertaking.
Apart from casting horses and preparation work which took a few months, each horse took a full day to shoot.
Even for a seasoned pro, such as Julian, there were hitches to his horse hair project.
I tend to be drawn to projects where just in trying to describe and trying to explain the concept to all the crew and the people who supplied the horses was fascinating , says Julian.
Most of the time you could see the cogwheels of the mind trying to work it out, trying to visualise it in their own minds, then, a bit of a smile, a chuckle and then the inevitable question - why?
Of course, sometimes - as these pictures show - it's better to live life by asking, why not?
Quite close to how some owners pamper their horses :-D
AntwortenLöschenRight ;-)
AntwortenLöschenI am falling of my seat, the black hair would be great for my blacky! :-)
AntwortenLöschenOh Boy! Now I know how to prepare my horse`s mane for you in July, at Pinon Farm in Santa Fe. ~ N
AntwortenLöschenPlease don't! ;-)
AntwortenLöschenWhoa .... I don't show this pictures to the girls riding my pony's. Won't bring them on these idea 's now way !!!!
AntwortenLöschenPoor horses. They look ridiculous.
AntwortenLöschenThat's what I thought!
AntwortenLöschenPoor, poor horses! Excuse my language, but what the hell was the point of doing this to them?!?
AntwortenLöschenPoor, poor horses! Excuse my language, but what the hell was the point of doing this to them?!?
AntwortenLöschenYes why people does this ?
AntwortenLöschenBut I saw by the Friesian horses also strange things. There do they with aerosol car paint over the horse for the black color !?!? The hoofs,chestnuts and this year I saw they do the whole body. We ask the studbook can the do that, And they tell us yes they can.In the stables you don't smell the horses no you smell the aerosol . Sorry, but I hate that !!!
Hanneke,
AntwortenLöschenThat also is horrible. For the studbook to allow it is ridiculous.
Romy
ab in Papierkorb. Es gibt Schlimmeres, was täglich mit Pferden angestellt wird.
AntwortenLöschenÜbrigens Pferde einfärben war ich glaube Renaissance- muß nochmal recherchieren-
üblich, bunte Pferde waren Mode, es gab zu wenige davon, es gibt Rezepte, Tigerschecken auf zwei Jahre Haltbarkeit, auch war mal Mode, Mähnen rot einzufärben, z.B.
silbersee,
AntwortenLöschenIt was the height of fashion at times in the past to dye, paint, gild, braid, add false hair, and otherwise adorn horses, especially the carriage horses of the rich, the noble, and those who would be.
Romy