A significant part of Australian Heritage and folklore revolves around the craft of horsemanship, a skill and way of life that was fundamental to the exploration and growth of the country. Today there is a deep recognition and appreciation of the part played by both horse and rider. Indeed, there is still a widespread use of horses and skilled riders within areas of the cattle industry and alongside this exists a number of organisations and events that pay tribute to horsemanship from yesteryear.
Notably, Stockman's Challenges have evolved to replicate a variety of traditional skills such as bareback riding, mounted whipcracking, horseshoeing, cross-country riding, cattle-handling and brumby catching. These challenges are keenly contested by both male and female riders with children's events often included. The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival is the most popular of these and attracts the best stock horse competitors to Corryong in the Victorian high country - including rodeo contestants game to test their horsemanship skills too.
James Vereker is widely regarded as Australia’s finest equine action photographer with enormous experience as a competition horse photographer and equine business branding photographer. Over many years he has honed his art travelling to seek out the biggest and best in the world, capturing exhilarating and enchanting images from such iconic events as the Calgary Stampede and Cheyenne Frontier Days following the famous Cowboys and Indians Trail, across the USA and Canada.
To be regarded as a legendary horse photographer based in Victoria, Australia, requires more than great photography skills, which James clearly has in abundance, it depends upon a connection between the photographer and his subject that is evident by the extensive range of dramatic action shots and intimate portraits that make up the catalogue of prints that James presents.
However, James’ reputation as a fine art equine photographer is matched by his work as a feature writer, with published articles in national equine publications, but possibly even more so for his efforts in tracking the Brumby – Australia’s population of wild horses, which has given rise to the affectionate nickname of Brumby Dundee. Heading out into the wilds using both bushcraft and horse whispering skills to gather stunning photographs of wild horses in their natural element is, of course, only one facet of James’ work; as the premier Stockman’s Challenge photographer and rodeo photographer in Australia, amassing a variety of horse event photography contributing to his extensive collection of prints, all of which are available for you to purchase.
For your convenience James has organised his numerous photographs into easy to access albums with such titles as bush festivals, outback cattle drives, horse shows and horse clinics, outback picnic races, stockman’s challenges, heavy horses and adventure horse rides. So whatever variety of horse riding photography appeals to you, your search will be simple and efficient plus enjoy the option to create a favourites folder to checkout at your leisure.
It is clear from his dedication to his work that James has a deep-rooted love and appreciation of horses and if you share this affection to any degree, you will be captivated by his award-winning prints. The opportunity that you have to acquire high quality prints of horses and riders helps to preserve memories of days gone by and appreciation of the enduring role that horses play in our life and communities across the country.
With free postage and handling on all prints and digital orders sent by email, you will surely be delighted with the images that you receive from James Vereker, the very best horse and rider photographer in the business.
