I knew I wanted to photograph a zebu for the book and could not have imagined one more perfect than Swagger. Despite being one of the oldest cattle breeds in the world—with sightings dating as far back as 2,000 BC—many people remain unfamiliar with this incredible animal. Swagger was surprisingly docile and shockingly small. Even though he is a zebu bull, he measures up to a mere third of the size of a standard bull. I loved the symmetry of his straight-on portrait and how all of his beautiful markings lined up. If you look closely, though, you’ll notice Swagger’s left ear breaking the symmetry ever so slightly with a small tilt upward as he listened to the sounds of my camera.