OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER PRESENTS:

Placitas: A Place for Horses, Color Photography of Wild Horses By David Cramer

Where: Open Space Visitor Center (OSVC), 6500 Coors Blvd., NW

(Between Montaño & Paseo del Norte at Bosque Meadows Rd.)

505-897-8831

When: January 2 – February 28, 2010. Free Admission.

Opening Reception and Educational Talk: January 9th 1:00 - 3:00pm, Registration Required.

Educational Talk: February 21, 1:00 - 3:00pm, Registration Required. Free Admission.

Contact: Joshua Willis, Parks & Recreation Dept., Open Space Division, 505-897-8831, jrwillis@cabq.gov

David Cramer is a wild horse photographer with a special interest in equine behavior. He will educate, through photography, OSVC visitors on the lives and behaviors of the wild horses living in and around the Placitas Open Space. He will also discuss the role of the horse in our local history as well as community efforts to secure a Wild Horse State Park and establish and protect a wildlife corridor through the area. He will have an opening on Jan. 9th 1pm to 3pm and, give a talk on these historically unique equines (registration required).

He will have another educational talk on Feb. 21 from 1pm to 3pm to discuss these historically unique equines (registration required).  He will be joined by Paul Polechla (Wildlife biologist) and Carlos Lo Popolo (New Mexican Horse Project, executive director) to discuss the environment and behaviors of the wild horses of New Mexico.

He will be joined by Paul Polechla (Wildlife biologist) and Carlos Lo Popolo (New Mexican Horse Project, executive director) to discuss the environment and behaviors of the wild horses of New Mexico.

David Cramer lives in Placitas, New Mexico. While his work includes landscapes, architecture, and wildlife, he has a special fondness for wild horses. Recently, his work “Stallion Chase” (of two local stallions) won first place in the international photography competition “All Things Horses” at the Center for Fine Art Photography. His emphasis is to display images that convey the behaviors of these horses in the beauty of the natural landscapes in which they live. His work is carried in several local galleries and can be viewed at www.davidcramer.com.

“Placitas: A Place for Horses” is a book of David’s wild horse photography. He also leads photography workshops that occur throughout the State of New Mexico.

The Open Space Visitor Center invites you to come enjoy these works through the months of January and February 2010. Come participate in our continued partnership with the natural world.