These photographs were made at the Smithfield horse fair in Dublin during the period April 1995 to March 1997. Perry Ogden had become interested in the Nike clad kids who were riding horses around the public housing estates that ring the city - places like Ballymun and Finglas, Clondalkin and Coolock, some of the most deprived and heroin infested urban areas in the country - and set out to document this sub-culture at the horse fair where the kids would congregate on the first Sunday of the month. The importance of this work is significant as the introduction of The Control of Horses Act has effectively outlawed these kids, and the closure of Smithfield is a real possibility. Over the last ten years Dublin has experienced a process of social and cultural change. The impact of western culture and the development of many inner-city areas led Perry to investigate these transformations. The work explores identity, and the relationship betwen cultures and practices brought and found. Perry's approach is that of a photographer but also as someone intwinned in the community's social culture. This position has enable him to approach his subjects with sympathy and reflection. The transcribed oral interviews offer audiences layres of meanings here, as they signify, not only hidden and unseen histories, but amplify and present each person in an equal and unmediated way. Pony Kids has culminated in an extensive exhibition tour and a publication.