The Horse Is Good by Viggo
Mortensen
The Horse Is Good
The nobility and pure poetry of horses is celebrated in the exquisite color
and black and white photographs of Viggo Mortensen, who thoughtfully
explores their roles as partners, teachers, and fellow travelers, asking no
favors and returning respect for respect. Featuring photographs from
Mortensens extensive international travels, the images range from sharply
colorful close-ups and vivid mustang landscapes to dappled, dreamy forms
and ghostly, abstract tableaus.
Personal Review: The Horse Is Good by Viggo Mortensen
Artist Viggo Mortensen has rapidly gained a reputation for befriending his
equine costars in movies like "Hildago" and "Lord of the Rings," even
buying some of them once the movies were done. Now he takes his love of
horses one step further. In "The Horse is Good," Mortensen presents his
unique vision of horses from across the world, from a perspective that isn't
entirely human.Mortensen presents a sort of ethereal photographic
exercise, showing all sorts of horse photographs. Some are sharp black-
and-white shots, and some are colorful. Some are blurred, and some take
awhile to figure out where the horse is in the photo. And some are distant
and obscured by weather conditions, like a the final shot in a depressing
movie finale.Mortensen took his photographs all across the world,
presenting us with photos from Morocco, South Dakota, Montana, New
Zealand, Denmark, Brazil, Iceland, California, and Argentina. Surprisingly,
he keeps the perspective fresh -- you don't get sick of page after page of

horses. You're more likely to be struck by the quiet, earthy beauty captured
in each image, all different.And Mortensen's photography itself is pretty
varied -- there's color and stark black-and-white photos, with some bright
and blurry and some sharply focused. The shots themselves vary in a
technical sense. Mortensen took some photographs from the rider's point
of view (never has the back of a horse's ears looked so interesting), and
others from the horse's point of view, down below where photographs are
usually shot. That unusual technique makes the photos seem less like a
simple photo, and more like a split second through a horse or lonely rider's
own eyes.Viggo Mortensen's love of horses shines through brightly in "The
Horse is Good," a simple, beautiful study of one of mankind's oldest
companions. Quiet and very lovely.
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