Portraits for Forbes (Japan) Magazine

Rebecca Stumpf April 10, 2017

Forbes Japan, March 2017.
All images ©Rebecca Stumpf

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Rebecca Stumpf is an Editorial and Commercial Photographer specializing in food, travel and portraiture, and based in beautiful Colorado.

Once the sheep are brought down the mountain, they are loaded into the rét, which is where they are sorted by the farmers and community members of all ages. Published in the @latimes.
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Mother and Son, Sara Reykdal and Úlfar Hörður Sveinsson, take inventory on the sheep that they rounded up for the winter at their farm, Starrastaðir in Iceland. Published in the @latimes as part of a story about Icelandic sheep round-ups.
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The "naughty sheep," or the ones that refuse to be rounded-up and walk down the mountain, are carried back in vehicles. .
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A rider fixes his saddle out in the high-country of northern Iceland during the annual sheep round-up that happens every September, while his dog takes a break to roll around on the ground. Part of a larger story on the annual sheep round-up in Iceland, also called Rettir.
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The riders are out on horseback in the remote mountains for many hours, so it's important they bring provisions for the journey. Pictured here is a rider who carries his lunch and water bottle in a traditional leather satchel attached to the back of the saddle.
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To say the whole town is involved in the sheep round-up is an understatement. In fact, people from many nearby towns, other parts of the country, and even other countries come all the way to northern Iceland to take part in the annual event and festivities. Both on horseback and in cars, many methods play a part in gathering the sheep from the high-country and guiding them down the valley to their farms for the winter.
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Riders of the sheep round-ups often wear bright orange colored vests so that they can be spotted by other riders across the valley on the other side of the mountains...making sure all parts of the mountain are covered and that all the sheep are found. .
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During the sheep round-ups, riders have to bring two horses with them up into the high-country in order to switch off. Because they cover so many miles each day looking for sheep, often on rough terrain, the horses need a break. Published in @icelandair Stopover Magazine.
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Last September I traveled to Iceland with two colleagues to document an old Icelandic tradition: the annual sheep round-ups in the northern part of the country. Alma, 15, is the daughter of our friend who so graciously connected us to farms and wonderful people throughout the country. Alma has been attending the sheep round-ups since she was four years old. Though she doesn't partake in them much anymore, she likes to go and enjoy the festivities, as they very much remind her of her childhood. Follow along for more images from the project, as the publications that they will be published in start coming out!
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