Jennifer Denison | Editorial Photographer & Writer

Jennifer is an award-winning writer and photographer who has worked in the equine and Western media industry for more than 25 years. She began her career fresh after graduating from Colorado State University in 1996 as assistant editor of Horse & Rider magazine. After six years with that publication, she was hired as senior editor of Western Horseman and spent 20 years in that role. In January of 2022, she left the corporate magazine world, moved from her native Colorado to northern Arizona, and started her own freelance business, Cultured Cowgirl Collective.

During her colorful career, Jennifer has had the privilege to ride with and write about renowned horsemen, visit historic ranches and attend high-profile equine and Western events. However, she finds the most satisfaction driving miles on the backroads to remote cow camps and artisan studios to interview and photograph the people and places shaping the modern West. She also enjoys documenting grassroots events with colorful displays of cowboy culture and different styles of horsemanship, as well as writing stories while sipping coffee at a quirky cow-town café. She seeks to capture in words and images stories about horsemen hidden in the sagebrush who develop horses’ confidence through patience, a soft feel and a steady job, family ranches diversifying with the times, and emerging Western artists, craftsmen and entertainers fostering traditional trades. She grew up riding in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, but recently moved to Williams, Arizona, where she lives in a small, off-the-grid, hand-built cabin on 20 acres of high-desert prairie on the edge of pine forests. Her work has most recently appeared in Cowgirl Magazine, Reined Cow Horse News, Western Life Today and Western Horseman. She has also been involved with organizations such as the American Horse Publications, Art of the Cowgirl and the Early Californio Skills of the Rancho.

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Website: culturedcowgirlcollective.mypixieset.com