Making Friends…

When I was staying in a yurt in Mongolia (far from the capital), I woke up early one morning to take photographs of animals grazing on the steppe. To my surprise, one of the horses broke away from the crowd, and began trotting in my direction. Stopping a foot from where I was standing, the horse bowed forward, and stared directly into my camera. After taking several photographs, I put my camera down and took a step closer to commune with my new friend–without the mediation of a lens…