RODEO
IMAGES
Shooting
Horses
Photographer
Angelika Dietrich
captures Chief
Joseph Days
Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
W
Ellen Morris Bishop
Angelika Dietrich is the Chief Joseph Days official photographer. Her talent for shooting horses stems
from both a lifetime of horsemanship and a love of photography.
C12 | Chief Joseph Days 2019
hile you are thrilling to
the bulls, broncs, bar-
rels and bull doggers at
the Chief Joseph Days
Rodeo, you might also notice a
slim, attractive blonde woman
crouched at the arena fence.
She’ll be festooned with bulky
professional cameras—at least
two of them--and her atten-
tion will be riveted on rodeo
action. That woman is Angelika
Ursula Dietrich. She’s among
the best and fastest shooters of
horses and rodeos in the west.
Her images grace the Chief
Joseph Days program, website,
and promotional materials. Her
photographs capture what is in
her heart.
Dietrich was born in south-
ern Germany. As a girl, she rode
show jumpers, learning the bal-
ance and finesse of true horse-
manship. She also acquired
what she describes as a “bud-
get 35mm” camera and began
taking pictures. “I was 16,” she
said. “Nothing was automatic.
I learned photography from
scratch. When I wasn’t sitting in
the saddle at horse shows, I was
down on the ground taking pic-
tures. That’s how I started out.
A couple of years later I bought
a Canon camera and I’ve been
with Canon ever since.”