The lover of horses (and sheep): animal photography as art

‘Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity? Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined.’ These lines from Ronald Duncan’s famous poem could have been written to accompany the work of Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas who has raised to a high art the photographing of animals. She has a particular fascination for working horses and