in september of 2022 i worked together with the amsterdam based photographer milan gies to compose a piece for the opening of his solo exhibition in the purmerends museum. the exhibition was called "old love".
the photographs show retired show horses in their most pure form. with the dark backgrounds all the attention is on the horses and on the vulnerability that they bring with them.
in the composition i tried to accentuate that vulnerability.
milan told me about the time that he used to be a professional horseback rider. he told me that the most special moments during that time were the early mornings in the horse stables. when it is completely silent and nobody says a word, but there still is a form of communication between the horses and their rider. these moments of communication without words inspired me to make this composition.
