A truly beautiful combination of words and pictures that shows in thorough detail what Saddlebreds are all about in the show ring, on the trails, in dressage, carriage and jumping competitions, pleasure riding and driving, and on the farm. There are chapters on the history of Saddlebreds, the Foundations Sires, brief biographies of famous Saddlebreds of the past, a brief history of ASHA, and an appendix of worlds grand Champions from the Kentucky State Fair.
Over the last 25 years of my career, I have been fortunate enough to be part of 2 Pulitzer Prizes and have done Corporate and Editorial photography as a freelancer and on staff at Newspapers and Magazines such as National Geographic,The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Louisville Courier-Journal and The Orange County Register.
I have covered many of the major news events during that time from the Olympics in Los Angeles and Seoul to the Persian Gulf War, Presidential elections, major sporting championships and exploring the Arctic for National Geographic.
My current work includes annual reports, editorial, advertising, application briefs, manufacturing illustration, executive portraits, corporate event & public relations.
What many of my co-workers may not know is that I was also fortunate to be part of the horse show world in my younger years, riding and showing American Saddlebred horses. That love of horses is what got me started in my photography career...taking photos at horse shows and working with the horse publications to get the images in print. In 1991, on the 100th annivesary of the saddlebred breed, I was fortunate enough to work with tow great people, Judy Oetinger Fisher and Bill Strode to take photos for the coffe table book: The Saddlebred: America's Horse of Distinction.
We are excited to be producing a second edition of the book with the help of Carol Butler of Butler Books in Loiusville KY to be bringing out this update book with some new images, updated statistics and some design improvements to make the book even better! We hope that you might find it a nice holiday gift to clients, friends or family.
