Mary Cornelius: “Honor Round Pinto”

WINNER OF THE $500.00 PRIZE AND ALSO A $500.00 CHECK WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CHARITY OF HER CHOICE, THE FORWARD STRIDE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING

Forward Stride
P.O. Box 19850
Portland, OR 97280
Tel: (503) 977-1717

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Winning photographer Mary Cornelius has been a lifelong dressage enthusiast. Prior to devoting herself full time to photography, she taught lessons, rode and competed in dressage. The opportunity to
combine her love of dressage and her work behind the camera eventually led to a full-time career in photography. About her winning entry Cornelius explains, “I wanted to show the crowd and how the rider related to the crowd. When I photograph horses, particularly dressage, I try to connect the viewer with the
feeling of what was happening at that moment. The image that I entered in this contest was crafted with that emotional level in mind, so my first reaction [to winning] is to feel gratified that the
image was appreciated for what it contained.”

Cornelius took an unusual tactic to capture the winning entry. Instead of following the other photographers inside the show ring for the awards ceremony and the victory gallop, she waited outside. “I had to make myself stay put,” she recalls.