Why This Photographer Dedicates Her Practice to the Quiet Strength of Horses [Interview]

Home / Photography / Wildlife Photography By Eva Baron on April 5, 2025 “Sisterhood.”Growing up on a farm in Denmark, photographer Katja Jensen encountered countless animals. Horses, above all else, proved to be her favorite. This fascination, though beginning early in her childhood, only intensified over time and has served as a sort of unifying “thread” throughout her life.Since then, Jensen has dedicated herself to equine photography, capturing the allure, intrigue, and majesty of horses in a variety of global contexts. Her travels have brought her to New Zealand, Scotland, Canada, and Romania, among other countries. Each locale boasts singular landscapes that not only complement but enhance the horses Jensen photographs. Her Spirits of the Highlands series, for example, journeys into the heart of the Scottish highlands, complete with dramatic hills, misty skies, pristine waters, and, perhaps most importantly, a rugged cast of horses.Within the popular imagination, horses often conv...