The Soul of a Horse [1963]

“The Soul of a Horse (Mare With Foal)” was a 1963 photo taken by the German photojournalist, Peter Thomann which won countless praise all over the world and many awards. In the mid-1970s “The Kentucky Horse Park” near Lexington opened its doors to the public, using a logo based on the photograph. The icon of the dark colored mare and a light colored foal in mid-run eventually found its way to the Kentucky’s license plates as well.

In the late 1990s the photographer of the now famous image sued, causing the image to be removed from the license plate and replaced with another. The horse park made an agreement with Thomann and kept their logo with his permission.

Photographer: Peter Thomann
Source: wikipedia

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Ginger says:

How precious what a much better picture then the five year old pregant girl.

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm"

onion says:

true

Sunday, January 6th, 2008 at 9:11 am"

Cristina says:

Wow, how beautiful! It’s like the little white horse is real and the black one is his soul. Like he looks tiny but he’s big, strong, and spirited on the inside. (:
And I saw the young girl picture and you are being kind of immature. I think it was pretty sad because she’s only 5, but it’s something you should really respect.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 3:43 am"

Kimberly says:

this picture is amazing. its line and depth take interest into the horses. Especially the little white one. and as Christina said it does look like a soul of the little pony

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 11:00 pm"

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