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- Kristin Kenney -
Jennifer Muncy
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hose who have shown on the had so few pictures of herself riding, and almost
Southern California circuit have none were candids. Muncy was aware of the tra-
probably seen her, and may ditional jumping shot, but personally became
even have an example of her determined to infuse her photographs with cre-
work hanging on their wall or adorning their cof- ativity. “Much like James Parker brought a fresh
fee table. An avid horsewoman herself, Jennifer style to horse show photography with his can-
Muncy has joined her two loves, riding and pho- dids, I want to do the same with a more artistic
tography, and continues on her quest of captur- approach to shooting at the shows,” she explains.
ing the unique bond between equine and human. Muncy remarks that most photographers job is
Muncy grew up showing hunters in Ohio, and to simply go for an action shot, usually over the
was always “pretty interested in photography,” al- jump. While this perspective is certainly in demand
though she admits that it did intimidate her quite and makes for a good photograph, it often tells lit-
a bit. By her senior year in college, she was more tle about the true nature of rider and horse. Muncy
than interested in this field, but it wasn’t until her states that when taking pictures, she searches for
mid-twenties that she really began experimenting “that perfect moment.” Such a moment, she de-
and discovering the vast world of photography. scribes, is hard to find, and it is a fine line between
During that period, she took a break from riding “a candid moment” and a truly great shot. With-
to focus on photography, and spent some time in such frames, she hopes to capture that elusive
working as a specialty photographer with James “horse-rider relationship” and all that it entails.
Leslie Parker, a renowned equine photographer. After moving to California four years ago, she
From that point on, she continued to hone her found it difficult to start over again in such a dif-
skills and began developing her own unique per- ferent location, but says that she has no regrets
spective on the horse world through the lens of about the move. “It has been tough to break into
a camera. What drove her was the fact that she this market as an unknown,” she says, but with the
Opposite Page: Jennifer Muncy Fine Art - This Page Left to Right: Jennifer Muncy at Work; Muncy jumping at the Oaks.
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