"Wild Horses of Cumberland Island" Winter Storm


  • Photographer
    Anouk Krantz
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2010-2012
  • Technical Info
    Nikon

Born and raised in France, Anouk Krantz first began taking pictures at the age of five. In her late teens she moved to New York and has since traveled to distant corners of the world with her camera and curiosity. Her work has appeared in several galleries and earned awards. "Wild Horses of Cumberland Island" is a captivating series of images from the artist's visits to the Island. The largest of coastal Georgia's barrier islands, Cumberland Island is 17 miles long and home to breathtaking white sand beaches, rolling dunes, old-growth oak forests, and salt marsh tidal estuaries. Managed by the U.S. National Park Service and accessible only by boat, the island's pristine habitat remains largely undeveloped and closely resembles that which hosted its original Indian population over 4,000 years ago. In 1880 Thomas M. Carnegie, brother of industrial titan Andrew Carnegie, acquired 11,000 acres on the island to serve as a retreat for the Carnegie family. Six years later the historic Dungeness Mansion, a 59-room modeled after a Scottish Castle, was completed there. For nearly 100 years the Carnegie families continued to frequent the island before turning it over to the National Park Service in 1971. During the early 1900's the Carnegie family's older riding horses and polo ponies were released into the wild on the island. They have since evolved with the island and their descendants continue to roam freely, sustained by sea oats and marsh grasses. This series of photographs captures the majestic beauty of the island and it's wild horse population as they wander the beautifully undisturbed beaches and dunes. www.anoukkrantz.com

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