“When I told my wife Anna in 2005 that I was thinking of going to France to photograph a polo club and race horses she fell about – there was no one on The Isle of Wight who knew less about horses than me! The Equus project was shot in Chantilly, France over a two year period and remains my favourite ever commission. Photographing on and off over a two year period I had the luxury of going back to Chantilly: this extraordinary town full of beautiful architecture and horses, time and again. Photographing horses is tremendously difficult and I'm very proud of these pictures – I also now know the difference between a thoroughbred and a polo pony!”
- Ben Wood -
