Featured Image for February 2020 "Dawn's Eye" "Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity? Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined." Excerpt from the poem The Horse by Ronald Duncan Dawn was the ambassadress for Chief's herd. She was […]
Featured Image for January 2020 "Companionship" I chose to introduce this image to mark the end of a decade and looking ahead to a new one. It reminds me of duality, balance, seeing in all directions, looking forward and looking back, and most of all, the partnership of a trusted companion. Horses don't lie or hide their […]
Lori Sortino's images are featured in February and October in the 2020 RTF Calendar. Only a limited number of RTF’s gorgeous 2020 calendars remain -- get yours before they're gone! 100% of the revenue from the calendar will go toward the care of the 465 wild horses and 51 burros at RTF’s California sanctuary locations.
Featured Image for December 2019 "Amante in Black and White" This is Amante, a beautiful stallion with a mane the often covers his eyes. He is so much fun to photograph and he's a lot friendlier than many of the stallions at Return to Freedom, so we can get a little closer to him than to […]
Featured Image for November 2019 "Peace" This is also one of Running Bear's mares. I wasn't able to get her identified, so I've just titled the photograph "Peace" because she seems so at peace, even with her ears perked forward and looking at something. It's truly a peaceful feeling to know these wild mustangs live […]
Featured Image for October 2019 "Redbird and Bonita" These are two of Running Bear's mares. They are from the Sulphur Springs Herd, which is "one of the few to be able to claim direct Spanish Heritage. The pure Sulphurs are of Spanish origin, based on phenotype and blood-typing. Many have distinctive dorsal and leg striping, and resemble […]
Featured Image for September 2019 "Corazon (Cory)" Cory is a beautiful bay stallion with an expressive face and small white blaze on his left forehead. We were photographing three stallions running in this field, and Cory decided to pause and look around... and then he looked right at me. 🙂 This image is currently printed […]
Featured Image for August 2019 "Handsome Max" There is so much to love about Max. He can look so different depending on the light and the weather. We had done portraits of him in the barn a couple of days before this, and his mane was brushed and straight. His coat looked darker in the […]
Featured Image for July 2019 "Beauty in the Mist" We were up on the hill in Prefumo Canyon. The weather was misty and rainy and gave us great light. The main hung heavy from the dampness. This image is a place winner in this year's California Mid State Fair Professional Photographer Competition, in the Horse […]
Featured Image for June 2019 "Haloka" I just completed another week long photo safari at Return to Freedom in May! This image features Haloka, a Choctaw Paint. The Choctaw Indian Pony was an integral part of Choctaw tribal culture, spirituality, and heritage. This tough, small horse lived through struggles and tragedies with the tribe, and […]
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