Horses: In Living Color
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Photographer: Barbara D LivingstonPhotographer: Barbara D Livingston
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-15
ISBN: 1581502176
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Eclipse Press
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Book Review: A picture paints a thousand words
Summary: 5 Stars
Looking through the Amazon.com reviews, I saw one that gave this book only 3 stars, apparently because there is very little actual text. These pictures do not need much text and in any case, the author here is primarily a photographer. For those who want to read rather than view, there are plenty of other books about horses, some of which have plenty of text. However, sometimes it is good to browse though a book where the pictures speak for themselves. Here, the author provides a two-page Foreword in which she explains that Clarence Stewart, a white racehorse, made a very positive impression on her. Formal details (name, breed, color and farm) are provided in an index. The author's pictures often have no comments whatsoever, though there are a few comments where she thinks they help.
Like myself, the author is particularly interested in racehorses, but while there are a few photographs of racehorses here (including one of Clarence Stewart in the Foreword), they are only featured if they fit the theme of the book. In one case, a racehorse is shown as a dark grey winning the Kentucky Derby, then again as an almost white horse several years later. The purpose of this book is to illustrate horses in all their diversity; the inside front flap says that the author searched for unusual and uniquely colored equines. Well, she certainly found some.
Anybody who thinks that horses come in various shades of a few basic colors is in for a shock if they look through this book. The book illustrates a brindle horse, which looks very striking. Some breeds of cats and dogs are commonly brindled, but it is very rare in horses.
Spotted horses, blue-eyed horses and curly-haired horses are all featured. Some photographs show close-ups that highlight particular features. I am familiar with some types of markings through following racehorses, but there are others here whose markings look like nothing that I have ever seen on any racehorse. If I'd seen one, I'd have remembered. Just occasionally, you'll see examples of horses in what may be regarded as standard colors, to provide a contrast.
With photographs this good, who needs a lot of text? A picture paints a thousand words, and that is never more evident than in this extraordinary book.
Summary of Horses: In Living Color
Horses: In Living Color captures equines ranging from paint-colored miniature horses to towering rich bay Clydesdales and includes the rare spotted Knabstrupper, whose numbers in the United States are estimated at 100. Livingston handles each subject with immense respect and admiration. One painterly portrait captures three white Thoroughbred mares jogging through the brush in Oregon's desert land, while in another, a coal-black Friesian mare whose mane nearly reaches the ground, curiously eyes the photographer.
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