7 Wild Horses and Mountains 2015
Black Stallion's Herd with new black foal in the high Northern New Mexico desert with Mountains and clouds, Fall 2015
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9 Wild Horses and Thunderhead 2015
Big beautiful Cumulonimbus cloud rising above 9 Wild Horses on the mesa of the high New Mexico Desert in July 2015
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Colt and Mare 2015
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Mare, Colt and Stallion 2015
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Running Wild 2015
Three Wild Horses Running Free on Horse Mesa, Northern New Mexico, Fall 2015
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6 Wild Horses, Stormy Fall Day 2015
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7 Wild Horses 2015
Black Stallion with 3 Mares, Colt, Foal, and Stallion, July 2015
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8 Wild Horses 2015
Black Stallion, Mares, Colt, Foal, and Stallion, 4th of July, Northern New Mexico 2015
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8 Wild Horses Running 2015
Colt, Foal, Mares and Stallions Running on the 4th of July, Northern New Mexico 2015
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Black Stallion and 4 Running Horses 2015
Black Stallion Mares, and Foals, Northern New Mexico, 4th of July 2015
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Black Stallion and Herd 2015
Black Stallion and 7 Wild Horses Northern New Mexico, 4th of July.
Two different herds came together on this day and ran around together.
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Colt, Mare, Black Stallion, Foal, and Roan Mare 2015
The Black Stallion saw me and gave me a look.
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Black Stallion Fall 2015
Black Stallion gesturing, snorting and giving some aditude. You can see a few of the horses from the herd running in the far left of the image. The Black Stallion saw me first snorted at me then circled the other horses, got them running away, and then came back at me raising its head, and ears and snorting at me, then ran to catch and pass the other horses and led them away. He is majestic and powerful. It is rare I see him, but always a thrill to see this beautiful strong horse.
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Mustang Stallion 2015
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Stallion, Colt and Mare Charging 2015
The Three horses turned and came right at me. This day was the closest the horses ever let me get to them.
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Mustang Stallion Fall 2015
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Stallion, Colt and Mare running Free 2015
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Stallion, Mare and Colt 2015
This was the closest I have ever gotten to these Wild Horses.
They have never allowed me this close again. This Stallion and Mare now have a new Colt born in the fall of 2015.
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Young Orange Stallion
Young Orange Stallion Jumping
Northern New Mexico 2016
Stallions, Mares and Foal in the Trees 2015
Taken in July 2015 up on the high desert mesa in New Mexico.
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Wild Horses of Horse Mesa
John’s intimate relationship with the land and wild animals of New Mexico is evident in this body of work. This show highlights his passion and love of photographing the wild horses in New Mexico. This collection of photographs demonstrates his connectedness to the grace and wild beauty of these magnificent creatures. Each color photograph conveys the depth of the horses’ spectacular beauty and emphasizes the horses’ interdependence on the open land in which they run wild and free. It is rare that a photographer is able to capture such grace, in both the motion and stillness of nature.
During the course of the past three decades, John has both shown and sold his own work in various galleries, and has represented and sold the work of other photographers. John shares, with generosity and passion, about a career that has brought, and still highlights his life, with joy. This particular show, Mustangs and Other Wild Horses of Northern New Mexico, features a selection of John’s powerful, yet graceful photographs of horses in their own element, on their own terms. All photos are shot in New Mexico, many of which were taken when he was exploring remote regions on his bicycle.
Sarah Miller