In the fall of 2010 and 2011, Lindsay Blatt and Paul Taggart were working in Iceland on their short film and photographic project documenting the historic herding of the prized Iceland horses. Each year traditional herdsman take to the back country to round up thousands of the country’s hardy horses, which have spent the summer grazing in the highlands. Lindsay and Paul shot from land and air, foot and hoof across the vast Icelandic landscape, following and living with the herdsmen. The team has brought together a collection of media for print publications, as well as a short documentary film. The photographs are being represented by Redux.
Paul Taggart was one of the few unembedded western journalists to cover the month long battle and siege of Najaf, Iraq in 2004 between the Mahdi Militia and the coalition forces. Paul also covered Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan in 2007, the dual bombing of her convoy after leaving the airport, the Tsunami in Banda Aceh, the 2005 famine in Niger, the 2005 elections in Liberia, the 2006 war in Lebanon, and the 3-month-long siege of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon in 2007.
Lindsay Blatt specializes in large format photography, focusing on environmental portraiture and still-life. The Brooklyn Arts Council awarded Lindsay a 2008 grant in support of her large-format photo essay on Brooklyn’s shoe repairmen. As a photo editor, her clients include The New York Times, Newsweek, Vogue, Channel 13, and UNICEF.
Specialties
Documentary, travel, adventure, environmental, portrait, large-format photography, and video., Independent film, Film and still photography production., Photojournalism.
