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Vintage silver print 29 x 39,5 cm (11.4 x 15.6 in) Signed, dated and extensively annotated by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, his copyright stamp on the reverse LITERATURE Ulrich Mack, Pferde, Bern 1966. 21-22; Hans-Michael Koetzle (ed.), twen. Revision einer Legende, Munich 1995, p. 98-99. Ulrich Mack's photo essay about wild horses in Kenya brought him international recognition. At the time, Mack was accompanying a team of filmmakers surrounding director Gualtiero Jacopetti (Africa Addio) to the African steppe as a photo reporter. Equipped with a Leica M2, he had been awaiting the herd when the animals, herded together by Kenyans, suddenly galloped towards him. Instead of running away, the photographer took exactly 35 pictures, as if in a trance - from the midst of the herd, which surrounded him without trampling him. The photographs were published under the title Mondo Cavallo by the youth magazine twen (No. 4/1964) edited by Willy Fleckhaus - the best-designed magazine in Germany at the time. The visual power of the present image was heightened further by its generous placement across a double page. Only the caption, inserted in the upper left corner, marred the evocative visual experience. For this feature, Mack received the renowned World Press Photo Award in no less than four separate categories.