Taking Pictures of Dogs
A woman came into the Reference Library last week and told me she wanted to take pictures of dogs. She was looking for inspiration.
Elliot Erwitt's classic collection To The Dogs came immediately to mind.
We don't have William Wegman's Puppies at the Reference Library, but she liked the cover enough to put a hold on the book.
We went to the shelf and found this collection of Wegman's oversized Polaroids. Are you familiar with Wegman's famous portraits of his dog Fay Ray?
On the "how to do it" shelf we found an entire book devoted to Photographing Dogs.
Back to inspirational books: The Silence of Dogs in Cars is a recent collection by Martin Usborne. Note: no dogs were left in cars longer than was necessary to take these unsurpassed pictures of pathos.
Here's another picture from The Silence of Dogs in Cars.
In Animal Farm Daniel Naudé evokes a proud and monumental mood.
Andrew Knapp's Find Momo is playful and surprising.
One last suggestion: Animals That Saw Me is a collection by Ed Panar of animals that, well… saw him.
Including these two sweet examples.
Inspired yet?
8 thoughts on “Taking Pictures of Dogs”
Great fun!! I especially love “animals that saw me’
Wonderful post.
Underwater Dogs (and the kids’ sequel TPL hasn’t bought yet).
Thanks, Shelley. Glad you enjoyed. “Animals That Saw Me” is one excellent reason to check out the photography collection at the Reference Library.
Thanks for the recommendation, Joe. Underwater Dogs is certainly inspiring. I’ve just put a hold on it so I can have a good look at it.
Before Momo there was Maddie:
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3046149&R=3046149
Maddie, Momo… Who will be the next dog of the hour? Thanks, Margot!
Love the post, but as a cat lover, I must speak up about a wonderful title called Ernie: a photographer’s memoir by Tony Mendoza. Ernie’s no mascot for toilet paper; he’s a tough guy.
Sadly the library does not own it, but you can see Ernie here.
http://www.tonymendozaphoto.com/pages/ernie.asp
Ernie is a cutie. Thanks, Alyson.