![]() There are so many horses training each day quite often there are horse jams, and nerves can be stretched. ![]() The town’s racecourse is in the background. What Content is Available? I used my street photography training with this shot where I found a scene and waited for somebody interesting or, in this case, a horse to come along. ![]() A rider carrying the colors of her trainer. I live near there, close enough to immerse myself into this unique world of thoroughbred horses and horse folk. I decided to look into horse racing, especially the home of flat racing in the UK, which has the small town of Newmarket in Suffolk as its epicenter. I needed an idea where I could use my journalistic, photography, and videography skills but didn’t need and wasn’t looking for commercial involvement, as I thought that could skew my vision for the project. He found a subject he was already deeply invested in and young enough to appreciate and so revel in its culture. So this summer, I decided to start a project on Instagram, taking inspiration from a family friend who had taken his surfing account to impressive levels of interest (see thesurfbank/). Becoming a social media creator was a scratch I was itching for.īut in addition to the joy of creating content for this account, I was prepared for the Faustian pact that I was entering into, where the continued and obsessive chase for followers and self-validity shadows your every move. I’ve always been a publishing person, a news junkie, and a writer that needed a reader. Horse and jockey reach the top of one of the town’s gallops, straining every muscle. Here’s how one photographer found fulfillment on the track. The hardest part of content creation isn’t making money, it’s finding a subject that inspires.
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