When I put the book together, it was like a journey back in time, back to the beginnings of my horse photography, as if I would relive all the adventures and meet the wonderful horses and people again. Over 20 years of creative work are manifested in the book and many magic moments. Of course I had to fall back on some pictures, which are only available as slides. When I was photographing in the red Kalahari desert in South Africa, there were no digital cameras yet.

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Arabian horses were the trigger for my passion for horse photography and I have always remained true to them. Yes, they also play a role in my private stable. They still have this tingling magic for me and they are the greatest photo models. Again and again I return to Cairo to the State Stud, where I had the pleasure of having my very first photo shoot, of the grey stallion Akhenaton, dancing in clouds of light-flooded dust and looking more like an apparition than an actual horse. Due to its simplicity, the State Stud Al Zahraa has a fascination that cannot be compared to anything else. I have seen many luxurious and noble stables, but what always shines more than money are the horses.

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I photographed one of the most beautiful sequences of my book in Jordan with the horses of Princess Alia Al Hussein. She had the confidence to give me 6 mares and 2 stallions, 8 people and a big transporter. And it was a dream come true for me, which I had dreamed 20 years ago: To photograph Arab horses running free in the desert.

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This book shows the highlights of my life as a photographer, it fills my heart with pride to be able to photograph the horses so emotionally and close up. But the true brilliance of the pictures comes from the love I feel for these magnificent animals.

This homage to the Arabian horse could only take place in a large and impressive format. The book is dominated by the pictures, with little text. It is a little puristic and ingeniously simple in its design, which shows the horses to their best advantage.