During the 1990s, an extraordinary horse culture evolved in the suburban housing estates of Dublin. Teenagers from the families of the poor and often unemployed have been keeping their ponies on patches of green in the city wastelands. Once a month, a horse fair is held at Smithfield in the city centre. It is here that Perry Ogden photographed the kids and their ponies against a white background as formal portraits.
"like they call us "urban cowboys. Cowboy is a bad word to use. We're really natives, we're really Indians. We're all Celtics. Horses are completely in our blood."
The results document an endangered tribe. The survival of the pony culture has been challenged by the introduction of stringent licensing laws, which make it almost impossible for the kids to retain ownership of their horses. pony kids contains fifty-four duotone plates alongside the words of the kids themselves. Seminal project from an incredible photographer.
Title: Pony Kids Publisher: Jonathan Cape Language: English Publication Date: 1999 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Great Dust Jacket Condition: N/A Edition: First Size: 26 x 20 cm Pages: 126
