Robert Vavra (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Vavra (born in Glendale, California, March 9, 1935) is an American photographer and author based in El Cajon near San Diego, California and in Spain. He is considered to be the world's premier photographer of horses. Inspired by bulls and bullfighting in Mexico, Vavara moved to Spain in 1958 with a one-way ticket to Madrid on an old Italian ship The Valcania. With no formal training in animals, he spent six years studying the beasts. "I couldn't obtain the sort of photographs I wanted for the study, so I became a photographer out of necessity," Vavra was quoted as saying. "I've never been interested in the camera ... I don't really consider myself a photographer. I'm an artist and a storyteller."