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CONTENTSAMERICA #7 WINTER 2014

Like a lot of kids in the horse show world, I lived a privileged life. Since my mother is French, my time was split between North America and Europe, competing in the most presti-gious shows. I was 16 years old when I started my interna-tional Grand Prix career, reaching my goals at the highest levels. But when I was 22, I began questioning my life pur-pose and realized that I needed to change. It was the most dif-ficult decision I had ever made, but I hung up my tack, and walked away from my comfort zone among horses.

In 1999 I volunteered for the American NGO Trickle Up during its reconstruction efforts in Honduras following the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. I saw a different world, and there was no question in my mind that I was going to do whatever was in my power to make the world more just. It was during this period that I began learning about the Asso-ciation Compartir and the street kids whom their programs benefit. Every night they canvased the streets for kids suc-cumbing to drugs, prostitution and begging, searching for a solution to help them elevate them to a better social situ-ation. I had never seen such horrific poverty in my life, and my conviction only grew when I visited the local garbage dump. It was a living hell, and it shattered all preconceived notions of the world I had.

I returned from Honduras with the seed of an idea, and it could only grow. I had such conviction about my vision that there was no questioning me, or trying to stop me. I knew that I needed more experience with NGOs and deci-sion-making so that I wouldn’t set out on my mission blindly. I took part in the Friends World Experiential Education Program in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, volunteered at the “ Crisis Center ” for street children in Casa Alianza, in Costa Rica, and collaborated on policy advocacy at Oxfam America in Washington, D.C.

Today, JustWorld International provides an opportunity for people to engage at home and overseas, tackling global problems and becoming involved in social issues where they can make a difference. Since its inception in 2003, we have raised more than $7 million to educate and feed impover-ished children, and we are not slowing down. More than 500 Rider Ambassadors, hailing from 42 countries and repre-senting different equestrian disciplines, join over 50 Techni-cal Official Ambassadors from across the globe in donating their “ time, talent and treasure ” to JustWorld as volunteers, spokespeople, and donors. Partner horse shows in Europe and throughout the North, South and Central Americas, rep-resenting every level from local competitions to the World Equestrian Games, host awareness raising and fundraising events to support JustWorld projects.

My vision was to inspire the international equestrian community that fostered my sense of determination and purpose, and have it come together to help JustWorld Inter-national nurture communities in need within the develop-ing world. I want it to continue to build leaders, encourage philanthropy and act as a positive catalyst for change in the developing world.

JESSICA NEWMANFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JUSTWORLD INTERNATIONALBY KENDALL BIERER

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NATIONAL14 FOCUS Central Park Horse Show a resounding success

103 EVENT The Hampton Classic summer’s grand finale

106 POLO Bridgehampton Polo

109 INTERVIEW Pierre E. Genecand the swiss way

110 FEI NEWS

112 CHARITY JustWorld International caring for Cambodia

113 CHARITY CTREE therapeutic riding

114 RENDEZVOUS

76 DELIGHTS The Cowboy’s Diet

78 ROLEX GRAND SLAM OF SHOW JUMPING Spruce Meadows the immortal Ian Millar

82 EVENT WEF & AGDF an exciting season

86 EVENT Equita Lyon food for the soul

90 JUMPING INTERVIEW Jessica Springsteen a young woman’s journey to the top of the podium

94 POLO The Heguys a family portrait

100 OWNERS Geneviève Megret guided by passion

INTERNATIONAL12 TRIBUTE TO George Morris

20 CELEBRITY Jodie Kidd

26 CULTURE The Chaitén Volcano under the ash

34 PORTFOLIO Luis Fabini cowboys a living myth

46 ART Adrian Landon iron man brings steel steeds to life

52 CHARITY Princess Tamara Czartoryski shining a bright light

56 ESCAPE Jiva Hill Resort play rest repeat

62 STYLE London Calling a historic setting for a modern fashion shoot

72 THE RIDER’S BOUTIQUE

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Pascale MeyerJOURNALIST

Pascale holds a degree in modern literature and resides in her native city, Paris. She made a name for herself as a creative and copywriter with the prestigious advertising agencies Publicis, Mafia and RSCG. Now a freelance journalist, she specialises in her favourite fields of oenology, gastronomy, tourism, luxury and beauty. She frequently takes part in wine tastings both in France and abroad. This avid equestrian enthusiast is well acquainted with polo and a great admirer of the players in the discipline …

Emmanuel OrtizPHOTOGRAPHER

Born in Argentina in 1960, Ortiz moved to France in 1978, where he began his career in photography in 1982. In 1984, Emmanuel went to Peru for three years to cover the conflict between Peru’s military government. During this time Emmanuel also covered the events in the new democracy of Argentina, the 1986 mass-hunger strikes in Bolivia and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Santiago, Chile. After returning to France, Emmanuel went to cover the beginning of the Croatia war in 1991, where he fell in love with the region and covered the conflicts throughout the break up of Yugoslavia until 1999. In 2005 he began another long-term project on one of his dearest passions, horses, their return to modern life and the history of their relationship with humans.

Luis FabiniPHOTOGRAPHER

Born in Uruguay in 1965, his interest in photography was ignited by his father who put a camera in Luis’ hands at age seven before the two embarked on a memorable road trip across the Andes. He is a self-taught photographer, who began his professional journey as a trekking guide and a travel photographer in South America. In 2003, Fabini started his current body of work, American Cowboys, with a personal journey back to his roots in Uruguay that expanded into a profound look at a vanishing culture spanning all the Americas, from Canada to Tierra del Fuego. In 2012 his book, Gauchos was published, and in late 2015, American Cowboys is to be released by Greystone Publishers, of Canada.

Sophie RenauldonJOURNALIST – PHOTOGRAPHER

Half French and half German, Sophie was born into showjumping as her parents are passionate amateur riders. Soon, she would imitate them by starting in pony competitions before changing to horses. Spending her childhood in horse land Germany, she then lived in horse city Chantilly in France. Eager to discover a new world, she moved to Montreal, Canada, to study communication and journalism, thereby following the footsteps of her father Pascal. The latter made her discover polo at its best, during the most impressive competition, the Abierto of Argentina. Since then, polo and showjumping are her passion and work. Today, Sophie lives between France, Germany and Switzerland, constantly travelling from showjumping events to polo matches, and constantly meeting, interviewing and discovering top-level sportsmen and women.

Anouk SchneiderPHOTOGRAPHER

When she arrived in London in 2007 after completing her Masters’ degree in photography at ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne), Anouk Schneider immediately dived into the glittering world of the media and communication. Promoted to artistic director for Tank Form, Anouk Schneider develops advertising campaigns while working as a photographer for the trendy Tank magazine, which is published by the same agency. Two years later, the girl from Geneva decided to go solo to develop her own artistic projects. Her international advertising campaigns include Dior Haute Joaillerie, Tod’s and Uniqlo and she works for editorial magazines as well as Swatch, Liberty of London and Purdey, to name but a few. She is currently is preparing a series of photographs of pregnant adolescents’ bedrooms. “The first image might be a girl aged 13 in a tracksuit, eating crisps while stretched out on her bed surrounded by her soft toys.”

Pascal RenauldonJOURNALIST – PHOTOGRAPHER

Pascal has been an equestrian journalist (a contributor to L’Eperon, Grand Prix, St-Georg, and Ecuestre) since the eighties and a polo specialist since 2001. He writes about the latter discipline for Equestrio, Polo+10 (Germany), Polomundial (Argentine) and Centauros (the AAP review). Having been a three-day eventer during the 1980s, he became an amateur showjumping rider in Germany and is now a polo player. While he mainly works for Equestrio, he has also published articles and photographs in mainstream media such as L’Equipe, Agence France-Presse, Paris Match, Welt Am Sonntag and also worked as a consultant for Eurosport (polo), RDS and Equidia).

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Part of the signature power of Adrian Landon’s sculptures is not only the carefully crafted metal pieces which form the horse but the spaces in between. He explains, “ The negative space implies and accen-

tuates more movement in the piece. ” Imagine a youthful version of the Greek god Vulcan who uses his hammer and anvil to create life, bending steel to imitate the sinewy muscles of a galloping horse.

Landon has exhibited his sculptures in the States as well as Europe and his horse sculptures grace the entrance of the Winter Equestrian Festival and the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida. His work has been shown in Europe for the last four years, and Adrian’s artwork is collected in France, England, Luxembourg, Poland and the USA.

Horses run in the blood of Landon and his family. His grandfather was an equine veterinarian and colonel in the French Army in the Alge-rian War. He raised Adrian’s father Christophe with horses in the town of Fontainebleau, south of Paris. Christophe fell for the sport of polo and now keeps horses in upstate New York. Adrian comments, “ I really

made an effort to learn from my dad as much as I could about horses. ” His personal connection to the animal shows in his work.

Landon describes his creative process, “ I come up with a general

idea of the position and feeling and a certain situation a horse would

be in, whether it’s a moment in the gallop or when the horse is being

confronted by something and halted. I make a drawing of it then I work

from images of horses to get the basic anatomy. I start with the base and

structure and then I work on the pieces. ” “ It’s a lot of work. It’s crazy, ” admits Landon laughing, “ Hardly anyone would sculpt by this method

but it’s what I like to do. ”

EQUINE ALCHEMYLandon rents a large industrial space in Brooklyn, New York to

work his alchemy. His life-size horses take about two months to complete but his most recent sculpture The Mechanical Horse which debuted at the Hampton Classic took over a year and a half. Landon comments, “ It is the most challenging thing I’ve ever done so far. It’s

a life-size suspended horse that gallops in slow motion, and everything

runs off one little electric motor. Due to the size of the piece, the whole

horse is in stainless steel, so it can be outside and doesn’t rust. ” In terms of its use of negative space he comments, “ Here I wanted to

make sure that we can see all the clockwork behind the defining pieces,

and that adds another dimension. ” Landon worked with Jeevan Goff of Lotus Energy in Hudson, New York who kindly supplied the solar equipment. Using solar power also contributes to the awareness of climate change and the necessity to rely on sustainable energy. Adrian is a very conscious person who has great love and respect for nature.

Adrian Landon must be an old soul.The 25-year-old artist creates formidable metal horse sculptures that astound audiences with their ability to be abstractand representational at the same time.

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His representative Isabelle Delgrange, an expert in the art field, identified Adrian’s talent as he was just turning 21. She comments, “Already you could recognize the undeniable talent in his way of cap-

turing the horse’s charisma, leaving us with the feeling that our rela-

tionship with the horse is deeply connected, yet the latter retains its

powerful independence. It can leave us puzzled although always aston-

ished.” She saw a market not only in the equestrian world, but beyond. Delgrange comments, “I had been an avid rider and well connected to

the horse world and wanted to bring Adrian’s work to the public eye in

places where the horse is recognized as an essential element of one’s

lifestyle, places of prestige where the people involved have the same

love of developing idealistic ideas the way Adrian sculpts his horses

with great precision, beauty and aesthetics.”

A KINGDOM FIT FOR A HORSENext stop for Adrian Landon’s horse sculptures–Versailles. The

Académie Du Spectacle Equestre (Equestrian Arts Academy) at the Grande Écurie (Royal Stables) at Château de Versailles is putting the spotlight on equestrian arts in a contemporary dimension. Delgrange reveals, “ The project at the Grande Écurie of Versailles will contribute

to celebrating and reviving an essential element that was once the heart

of a unique place. The support of the Académie by sponsoring us, offers

the opportunity to bring the beauty of the horse not only in the arena

where the horse performs, but as a celebration of the majestic poten-

tial the horse awakens in us through art, this time with Adrian in his

contemporary way side by side with a contemporary traditional form

of dressage.” She adds, “ The Académie Equestre opened its doors in

2003 under the direction of Bartabas, giving about 70 equestrian perfor-

mances a year, allowing the public to connect with the renewed traditions

of equestrian theater in the beautiful context of the Renewed Stables of

Versailles. ” In France, Bartabas is known as a talented horse trainer, film producer and impresario who creates amazing horse performances.

For one so young and so serious as Adrian Landon, what does he do for fun ? Adrian answers, “ When I need to take a break, I do a bit of

violin making.” Along with learning from his father about horses, he also learned about the fine craft of making violins. Christophe Landon’s prize-winning instruments are sold all over the world. “Violin making is

delicate, fine and detailed, in strong contrast to working with a big anvil.

They are two extremes,” Adrian explains, confessing, “My hands get so

insensitive after working with metal, and I don’t want to shave off too

much wood or break it.”

No doubt whatever this accomplished artist touches will turn to gold. As his prowess and reputation continue to reach new heights, who knows–maybe a golden horse will be next. — adrianlandon.com

“When I need to take a break, I do a bit of violin making. Violin making is delicate, fine and detailed, in strong contrast to working with a big anvil. They are two extremes”

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