I am on a mission to photograph all of the wild horses in the United States. Within these pages you will see numerous states represented. Although wild horses are federally protected, they are not always protected by the Bureau of Land Management, the governing body assigned the responsibility of ensuring protection of them. Other interests, such as cattle ranchers, often supercede the interests and protection of these wild horses who have the legal right to continue grazing and living on public lands. Much is blamed on the wild horses, none of which I have witnessed to be substantiated to any significant degree. While there are certainly exceptions in some states, I have not witnessed horses starving or stripping the lands. It would be difficult to substantiate blame on the horses since other wildlife and cattle also graze and live on public lands. Unfortunately, these wild horses sometimes get rounded up, often in brutal ways that result in injury, death, and separation from family. Once rounded up, they most often go to a holding pen that is unclean and dangerous because wild horses have a hierarchy among their band members and between bands that can result in fighting and stress. Few get adopted out. Many get sold for the purpose of making a few dollars at the slaughter house. It saddens me that they are treated as livestock and not wild horses and it angers me that the federal law is violated in order to appease those who have a conflict of interest. So for now, I will get to as many as can, sit with them, walk with them, observe them and their ways, and try to capture the spirit of the wild horses.