PhotoAdvocacy

10/17/2026

Art & Advocacy

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The Skydog Vintage Collection, celebrating ten years of world class rescue, is available now on www.skydogphotography.com

10/16/2026

10/16/2026

NAKAI
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Wild Horses of Colorado

10/15/2026

FIELD NOTES
From Roundup to Rescue

We Animals × PhotoAdvocacy

What happens behind the photograph? For more than five years, We Animals contributor Scott Wilson of PhotoAdvocacy has documented Colorado's wild horse roundups, from helicopter captures in the field to the often-unseen consequences that follow.

On Friday, November 13, join Scott and fellow We Animals contributor Diana Hulet at D’art Gallery Denver for an illustrated field report exploring what they've witnessed, what their photographs reveal, and the role photojournalism can play in bringing these stories into public view.

From the realities of roundup to the possibilities of recovery at sanctuaries like Skydog, Field Notes offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on a world most people never get to see.

Presented with We Animals, the world's leading animal photojournalism agency, this special evening brings photography, advocacy and first-hand experience together to explore how visual evidence can move a story beyond the frame.

Friday, November 13, from 6 PM
Dart Gallery Denver
900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado

Denver Arts Week runs 6-15 November, 2026.

10/14/2026

Wild Boy in fall rabbit brush and sage.

I'm a sucker for a crooked blaze, but this boy has an incredible aura.

Home free at Skydog Sanctuary
October 2026

10/13/2026

From Roundup to Rescue: Wild Horse PhotoAdvocacy
October 22 – November 15 | Dart Gallery Denver

Wild horse advocacy takes many forms.

Sometimes it begins with a camera in the field. Sometimes with a brush, a piece of clay, or the work of giving a rescued horse a second chance.

I'm delighted to bring together a series of collaborations at D’art Gallery Denver that share a common purpose: making wild horses visible, telling their stories, and supporting the work that happens on their behalf.

With We Animals, the world's leading animal photojournalism agency, I'll be hosting Field Notes on Friday, November 13. I'll walk through five years of documenting Colorado's wild horse roundups, from the first helicopter captures to their aftermath, alongside some of the remarkable recovery stories I've experienced at Skydog in Oregon.

Fellow We Animals contributor Diana Hulet will share her perspective on documenting a roundup for the first time.

With renowned Denver artist Joseph Graves Jr., the wild mustang Picasso finds a new expression in an explosion of energy and color. Joseph's interpretation brings a different kind of vitality to a free horse whose image became so familiar to those who follow Colorado's wild herds.

With ceramicist Douglas Long, the pressure experienced by wild horses during a federal roundup finds expression in clay. Drawing on his understanding of heat, stress and transformation in ceramics, Douglas has created new works that give physical form to that pressure.

And then there's Ocean.

Rescued from a kill pen by Skydog Sanctuary last year, Ocean is the cherished subject of a limited-edition, framed 44-inch photographic print. All proceeds from sale of the piece will support the care of more than 300 rescued horses at the sanctuary. Joseph and Douglas will also kindly offered to donate a portion of their art sales to support Skydog's work.

Alongside these collaborations, the exhibition brings together PhotoAdvocacy images of wild horses and documentary coverage of horses removed in Colorado roundups illustrating what is at stake before capture, what happens during removal, and recognizing the possibilities for those who make it ‘home free’ in sanctuary.

From Roundup to Rescue: Wild Horse PhotoAdvocacy
D’art Gallery, Denver, October 22 - November 15, 2026

Field Notes, presented with We Animals
Friday, November 13, from 6:00 PM

10/12/2026

A 9’ tall print of legendary wild stallion Picasso is the center piece of the stunning new Hoof Beats exhibition at CU Boulder Natural History Museum honoring the impact of horses on humanity.

Listen now to the audio which accompanies the Picasso image….

10/11/2026

This is Joy.

She is a stunning Appaloosa, marked in black and white.

And she is blind.

Sadly, blindness can be a death sentence for a mustang.

But Skydog has long believed that losing your sight should not mean losing your life.

Mustangs with poor vision can survive for years in the wild, guided and protected by their herd mates.

With the right environment and care, rescue can provide something remarkably similar: a life with space, companionship and purpose.

Joy was rescued by Skydog supporters on Giving Tuesday 2025, adding her to an extraordinary group of blind horses who have found a second chance here.

Every wild horse deserves their sunset.

Perhaps Joy is what wild horse protection and sanctuary are really about - not preserving an abstract image of the wild, but preserving a life.

Skydog Sanctuary
October 2026

10/10/2026

Let them be wild. Be there when they need us.

Wild horse advocacy begins with a simple idea: that these animals deserve the freedom to live as wild horses.

The space to roam. The bonds between family members. The freedom to move, choose and live without unnecessary human interference.

When a horse is removed from the range, our responsibility doesn't end, it changes.

Someone has to tend to overgrown hooves and answer the call when a horse needs veterinary care in the middle of the night, someone has to clear the muck, spread the hay and mend the fences.

It's physical, often exhausting, largely unseen work.

Behind those beautifully home free horses are sanctuary teams, veterinarians, farriers and volunteers who show up day after day because the horses depend on them.

I've spent time alongside the team at Skydog, seeing what that commitment looks like.

And I've seen the unglamorous moments that really make it worthwhile, horses recovering their health, forming new friendships and beginning to trust again.

This is the crucial ‘other side’ of wild horse advocacy.

Not just documenting what we protect horses from, but making visible the people, the boots on the ground working to give them a better future

Our responsibility is twofold - to protect their wildness wherever we can, and to provide the best possible care for those who need us, when they need us.

Sometimes, doing right by a wild horse means knowing when to step back. Sometimes, it means rolling up our sleeves and getting to work.

Both begin with putting the horse first.