THE HORSE IS GOOD

Perceval Press, Jan. 2004
softcover
6.5 x 9.5 inches, 72 pages
ISBN 0-9747078-1-3

Perceval Press: Horses as partners, as teachers, as fellow travelers asking no favors and returning respect for respect. (...) Images from Morocco, South Dakota, Montana, California, Iceland, New Zealand, Denmark, Brazil, Argentina, and perhaps from the view out your window.

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EXCERPTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD AT THE FARTHEST OUTPOST MESSAGE BOARD

Hellcat, posted: Mar 11, 2004
I didn't expect to like this book as much I do, I'm not a horse person, so I wondered if the subject matter would appeal to me. In the end it was the photographs of horses that appeared in the Ephëmeris exhibition that decided me, and a lot of them are in this book. A couple of my favourites side by side, Ride 28 and Ride 31 I love the tones of Ride 31 the golden palm tree and the bronze highlights along the rider's face. It's a very still photograph, like the quiet before the start of the race. I missed wild 13 though, it's a wonderful shot Viggo's hand outstretched to befriend a wary horse (...)
At instant favourite was Paint with TJ sticking his head out of the teepee. It's such as character study, that photo and I can just see TJ is going to be stealing scenes in Hidalgo. I also love the one of the Bedouin (?) on his horse with the city in the background, it has a almost historic feel to it.
One thing that Viggo has captured in this book, apart from the characters of the horses themselves, is the landscape in which the horses belong, I recognize the wide open plains and the wind sculpted desert landscape. Here a horse is at home more than man and man must rely on the horse. The landscapes add context to the horses themselves because the are in their natural environment, one where mankind is superfluous
The detail in the photos is fantastic, these aren't horse portraits but shots capturing the sweat on a horse's flank, the tilt of an ear, the expression in an eye.

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DRAWING:

Tasunke Witko 1986

PHOTOS:

For Big Fool 2003 Pilamaya, Mel 2002 Betinho's 2003 Uraeus 2 2003 Hoka Hei 2002 Betinho's 2 2003 Waiting for the Moon 2002 Ride 9 2002 Go 12 2002 Go 13 2002 Hindsight 60 2002 Wild 6 2002 Wild 26 2002 Out of Sundown 2002 Go 5 2002 Go 6 2002 Paint 2002 Go 11 2002 Go 3 2002 Merzouga 2002 Vor 7 2003 Vor 8 2003 Ride 52 2002 Wild 11 2002 Wild 9 2002 Wild 16 2002 Wild 2002 Vor 9 2003 Wild 10 2002 1/4 Crack 2002 Hindsight 47 2002 Wild 23 2002 TJ 2002 Ride 48 2002 Ride 42 2002 Go 10 2002 Retreat 19 2003 Start 6 2002

Start 5 2002 Tamdacht 13 2002 Ride 59 2002 Tamdacht 14 2002 Ride 63 2002 Retreat 7 2003 Hindsight 92 2003 Wild 25 2002 Hindsight 8 2002 Wild 18 2002 Ride 78 2003 Ride 72 2003 Ride 12 2002 Green 13 2002 Ride 28 2002 Ride 31 2002 East-West 2003 East-West 3 2003 Ride 53, 54 2002 Ride 50 2002 Go 2 2002 Morning 13 2002 Toksa 2003 27 December 2003 28 December 2 2003 28 December 2003 Ride 56 2002 Ride 71 2003 Ride 14 2002 Vor 4 2003 Blue 29 2002 Noon 2, 3 2002 Ride 4 2002 There 3 2002 Hindsight 17 2002 Erfoud 33 2002 Erfoud 34 2002 Vor (by Henry) 2003 Rex & Gene 2002

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS IN THE HARDCOVER EDITION:

Habanero 2003 Hindsight 59 2002 Hindsight 66 2003 Hindsight 62 2002 Start 2 2002 Erfoud 30 2002 Ride 36 2002 Start 2002 Ride 74 2003