-Sensitive,evocativephotographsofwildbreedsofhorsesroamingfreeintheBritishcountryside-Afascinatinginsightintoanalternativewayoflookingattheworld-ForewordfromwildlifepresenterChrisPackham-RevealingdescriptionsofeachphotographinBowen’sownwords-FromthephotographerbehindWildWorld:NatureThroughanAutisticEye,ISBN9781788841238Photographerandwildlifeactivist,AlfieBowenpresentshistwo-year-longprojectphotographingBritain’swildhorsesthroughtheeyesofsomeonelivingwithautismspectrumdisorder.WildHorsesisallaboutconnection:Bowen’spersonalconnectiontotheanimalshephotographs;hisconnectiontophotographyasanartform;thehorses’connectiontooneanother;andourcollectiveconnectiontothelandandourplanet.BowenborrowsthewordsofAmericanlandscapephotographerAnselAdamstodescribehisapproachtohiswork:’Youdon’tmakeaphotographjustwithacamera.Youbringtotheactofphotographyallthepicturesyouhaveseen,thebooksyouhaveread,themusicyouhaveheard,thepeopleyouhaveloved.’ForBowen,photographyisanoutletforhisemotionalenergy.Itenableshimtodrawfromdifficultmomentsinhislifeandturntheenergythatmanifestsfromhisemotionsintotrulymesmerizingimages.
