User:OttilieKeller

Nancy Ottilie Bold: My photographic experience is a very personal one, because I have been around horses longer than I have used the camera. I am a self-taught sport horse illustrator, (photographer) specialized in the disipline "Dressage". Many hours were spent photographing the horse and rider during a judged dressage test and teaching my audience, not just to see the polished end result of the ridden test, and to see deeper into the disipline of "Dressage". My illustrations are an extension of the visualization of the unspoken language between the rider and horse. Still frozen in time is the excitement of the warm up ring, the tension, the anticipation and the clash of will.

"The levels of dressage is no different than any other kind of goal we set for ourselves. It's not about getting to "A" level that is important. And how far you get before you break."

History:My parents came to American from Germany, not together. My mother Gudrun, dated my Dad near Germantown, Philadelphia. They both worked from the ground up, a business "Bold Machine Company". My Dad Gerhard Roman Bold and his brothers Herman Bold and Adolf Bold were part of the company. The business speciliazed in machining aluminum for medical and space research. My Dad drank and soon became very difficult to live with due to the metalic poisoning and his life in general.

My mother and my brother and I soon started a new life in New England far from the "Cuban Crisis". There I continued to learn the laws of nature. Albert and I lived on the lakes and we spent many summers fishing, boating, and swimming. It was my Dad that bought me my riding cloths and paid for the riding lessons at camp "Winnetaska".

Current:I live and work as the Boldimage in Mebane NC. I no longer own any horses and I still cleave to the laws of nature. My son (splitmindgraphix) is working in Richmond VA.