united states: portraits

Keiko Powell, 10, poses for a portrait in between competition at the 2nd Annual Horse Show and Mini Rodeo at Keney Park in Hartford. The show was conducted by the Ebony Horsewomen of Hartford, which specializes in working with inner-city children.

$Pat Bitter poses for a portrait on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. She has been unemployed for more than two years. “We're the invisible people,” says Pat Bitter. “We need jobs just as much as the younger ones do.”Bitter, who is in her 60s, is in search of a job. “I feel like older people are just getting brushed off from employers, and even though it\'s illegal, they won\'t tell you that\'s why.”Ross Taylor | The Virginian-Pilot$
$Connecticut RenegadesJoan Davis, of West Granby, poses for a portrait in Enfield. \{quote}It\'s most exciting adreneline rush I\'ve ever experienced,\{quote} said Davis, who is the vice-president of the organization. \{quote}We love the dress-up part of it. We step into that, and sometimes we even start talking in a western lingo. I grew up watching Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and Annie Oakley. You grow up with them and you wish you could be a cowboy - or a cowgirl.\{quote}(ROSS TAYLOR/THE HARTFORD COURANT)$