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LATEST 2-97_H&C_2016.indd 8 09/12/2015 11:11 e have been workshop company based in on the sand dunes at full photographing the Camargue region provides height and dashing and diving the wild white me with strong and well- in the sea and surf, galloping horses splashing established links with the out of the waves and onto the Wthrough the wild and untamed local people of the Camargue, beach with his beautiful blond Camargue for some years now. offering privileged access to blowing in the wind and Photographers and - private domain, inaccessible highlighted by the sun. lovers alike just can’t get to everyone else. So, I set about With the festival in full fl ow, enough of them and often making enquiries and found we started with ‘breakfast’ come for more. just the person (and horse) with the gardians (Camargue A professional photographer to give us that something cowboys) in the meadow. The who joined one of our extra special, ready for the French call it a casse-croûte workshops loved it so much arrival of our pro at the – which is usually bread, she asked to come back for a start of the Aigues-Mortes saucisson and wine (not a custom workshop over a long Camargue Festival. croissant or fruit juice in weekend. She was keen On the practice runs, sight!). Standing in a shallow, to get something different the single white Camargue muddy, stream with wellies and asked about a dressage stallion, who is trained for on, the gardians eventually shoot with a Camargue horse. festivals and shows, soon got rounded up the bulls and with Being the only photography used to his new role of rearing three gardians fl anking each PHOTOGRAPHY HOLIDAYS & COURSES 2016 9

LATEST 2-97_H&C_2016.indd 9 09/12/2015 11:11 bull, they galloped into the to capture breathtaking action PROFILE medieval town, arriving with shots of the horses and bulls Serge Krouglikoff a clatter down the narrow as they gallop through the old founded Create cobbled streets – an entrance stone archways of the town Away after an known as the abrivado. with the warm autumn sun illustrious On arrival the vachette setting behind them. career in international fashion took place, whereby young After more wild white photography. Create Away are lads attempted, with all their horses shoots in different Camargue specialists and arrange photography workshops and tours means, to scare the horses locations in the marsh and on to capture the iconic Wild White into letting the bull escape the beach, plus the stallions Horses, Pink Flamingos, Black into the crowds (with the fi ghting, the highlight for our Bulls, Stunning Landscapes and most sensible staying behind visiting pro was the single Classic Portraits. Outside the the safety of the barriers). dressage stallion. A new star Camargue, Create Away also After a day of festivities and had been born and is now offers breathtaking Landscapes bull racing in town, it was a staple on our Ultimate of Provence Villages, Lavender & time for the bandido (the late Camargue Horses workshops Sunfl ower Fields, Graphic Atlantic afternoon departure) with for all to enjoy. Seascapes and now exhilarating the process reversed as the For 2016, we have another Classic Yachts Regattas in Antibes cowboys fl anked the bulls exciting new idea that we will & Saint Tropez on the Cote d’Azur. once more as they galloped be working on this winter – back through town towards it’s a secret, but think Black the meadow. It’s exhilarating Beauty – shhhh!

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