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Introduction

The Photographers

Abbott

Astro

Botty

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Fritz

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Gus

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Hamlet & Walter

OOO “Chicken”

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Penny

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Coulee

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Scrappy

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Fida & Lola

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Slidell

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Fiona

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Villa

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Fred

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Xander

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DIY Tips

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Resources

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Acknowledgements

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Credits

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CONTENTS

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Introduction

The Photographers

Abbott

Astro

Botty

OOO

Fritz

OOO

Gus

OOO

Hamlet & Walter

OOO “Chicken”

OOO

Penny

OOO

Coulee

OOO

Scrappy

OOO

Fida & Lola

OOO

Slidell

OOO

Fiona

OOO

Villa

OOO

Fred

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Xander

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DIY Tips

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Resources

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Acknowledgements

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Credits

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I came up hard on the streets of Pittsburgh,

A B B O T T

and I think the runaway aesthetic really informs my photography. Those shoes in my photos— are they going to kick you? Or will they simply be delicious once you sink your chompers into their Dr. Scholl’s-ey goodness? These are the questions I want my work to raise—the hard questions that most dog photographers don’t want to think about, let alone shoot. But I always say, you gotta have a point of view. Now that I’ve moved to the country, my critics think I’ve gone soft. They say my photos have lost their grittiness, that my “distinctly urban vision” has been compromised by the good life. But I say they’re bunch of art-school jerks. Excuse me for wanting to take a nap in the garden, enjoy a bit of sunshine in the pasture and maybe a cow chase now and again. Don’t get me started on my critics. It raises my dang hackles.

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I came up hard on the streets of Pittsburgh,

A B B O T T

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Ja c k R u ss e ll Te rr ie r B a th , N ew Yo rk

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Shoes really are the cheesesteaks of the dog world. Well, I guess if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being honest, cheesesteaks really are the cheesesteaks of the dog world, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take what we can get.

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Abbott

Jack Russell Terrier

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Abbott

Jack Russell Terrier

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I’m at the beach, or the beach is at me, am

A S T R O

I right? Gimme some sand, surf, somebody’s feet to sit on, and some peanut butter in my belly, and I got myself a perfect day. My photos? They just kinda happen—you can't force these things.

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I’m at the beach, or the beach is at me, am

A S T R O

I right? Gimme some sand, surf, somebody’s feet to sit on, and some peanut butter in my belly, and I got myself a perfect day. My photos? They just kinda happen—you can't force these things.

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ahua C h ih u ie g o, San D r n ia fo li a C

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Sometimes I get pretty introspective, like I wonder: Can I count all the grains of sand on this beach? But then I remember I’m a dog, and I can’t count. I don’t even know what sand is, dude.

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Astro

Chihuahua

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Sometimes I get pretty introspective, like I wonder: Can I count all the grains of sand on this beach? But then I remember I’m a dog, and I can’t count. I don’t even know what sand is, dude.

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Astro

Chihuahua

litter on our streets, a segment of our population that sort of speaks French, two-dollar coins, and the cultural legacy of SCTV. This all makes life pretty good, for humans and dogs alike. I think my pictures reflect that basic sense that everything is totally, amazingly cool.

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Here in Canada we have wide-open spaces, no

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ie / r C o ll er B o rd e e t r iev R n e G o ld c ros s , r id g e Le t h b anada C a t r A lb e

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Here in Canada we have wide-open spaces, no

C O U L I E

ie / r C o ll er B o rd e e t r iev R n e G o ld c ros s , r id g e Le t h b anada C a t r A lb e

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I’m giving these sheep the “bum’s rush.”

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Coulie

Border Collie/Golden Retriever cross

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I’m giving these sheep the “bum’s rush.”

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Coulie

Border Collie/Golden Retriever cross

here. After you see my photos, I suggest just taking your camera, your prints, and your selfesteem and just dropping them down the toilet, because you cannot compare. No apologies here.

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It’s like I’m shooting a John Ford Western over

F I O N A

C ows Sw is s B row n , ü s ta ir Va l M nd la r e z Sw it

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here. After you see my photos, I suggest just taking your camera, your prints, and your selfesteem and just dropping them down the toilet, because you cannot compare. No apologies here.

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It’s like I’m shooting a John Ford Western over

F I O N A

C ows Sw is s B row n , ü s ta ir Va l M nd la r e z Sw it

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addresses how postrelational aesthetics are absorbed and confronted in our digital mediaverse. I present, if you will, a sort of antinarrative, an argument about the way in which we transform and interact with “nature” in reality and “nature” in the multitude of dialogical platforms that define our online personas. My show I Can Haz Relational Dystopia? is currently touring major museums around the world and was called “an unmitigated intellectual triumph” by Feline Art Quarterly. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go pee in a box of sand in the kitchen.

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My body of work, which I began at age two,

F R I T Z

Ta b by e in , H a r te n st y n a G e rm

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My body of work, which I began at age two,

F R I T Z

Ta b by e in , H a r te n st y n a G e rm

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Tabby Fritz PetCam

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Tabby Fritz PetCam

heart rate is calm and relaxed on a good day, but this is just too much pressure. Especially with that parrot just looking at me. What does he want? Parrots are basically dinosaurs, am I right? It’s like a feathered T-Rex just staring me down with his beady little pirate-loving eye. I CANT TAKE IT!!

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I am so friggin’ anxious. I mean, it’s not like my

G U S

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I am so friggin’ anxious. I mean, it’s not like my

G U S

n A bys si n ia ig G u in e a P a li fo rn ia Powa y, C

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Okay. fine, maybe he’s thirty-five years old (that’s like six hundred in guinea pig years!), and maybe he can squawk a few human words now and again. But he still eats out of a bowl on the floor like the rest of us.

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I haven’t moved in two hours. I’m just sitting here, silently shaking. Where did he go? I need a Xanax.

Gus

Abyssinian Guinea Pig

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I haven’t moved in two hours. I’m just sitting here, silently shaking. Where did he go? I need a Xanax.

Gus

Abyssinian Guinea Pig

pig lifestyle (in the suburbs rather than on a farm) is that: A) Wally and I get to watch a lot of TV (I like reruns of Hardcastle and McCormick, he likes Ellen) and B) we get snacks. Lots of snacks. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny, then, that in our photos you will see neither TV viewing nor snacks. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good curators, I guess.

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The good thing about living our alternative

W A L T E R & HAMLET

M in ia t u r e Po t B e ll y P ig s S a n D ie g o, C A

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The good thing about living our alternative

W A L T E R & HAMLET

M in ia t u r e Po t B e ll y P ig s S a n D ie g o, C A

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Hamlet, nosing for clams. Oh, wait a second. Hamlet…? “Ham”-let . . . . All these years together, and I just got that!

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Walter & Hamlet

Miniature Pot Belly Pigs

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Hamlet, nosing for clams. Oh, wait a second. Hamlet…? “Ham”-let . . . . All these years together, and I just got that!

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Walter & Hamlet

Miniature Pot Belly Pigs

chickens, you know? I’m a chicken, my friends are all chickens, we all sleep in a chicken coop, we hang out in a yard full of other chickens….What did you expect, photos of the monkeyflunkin’ Eiffel Tower? First thing I did when I hatched, I bought a copy of Robert Frank’s The Americans on eBay. Street photography speaks to me—in my work, I want you to hear the clucks; smell the chicken feed; and really, truly, think about us chickens. At the heart of every image I make is that simple, age-old question: Why do we cross the road? Wouldn’t you like to know.

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My photos—my art—it’s really all about the

P E N N Y

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My photos—my art—it’s really all about the

P E N N Y

A m e ra u cana C h ic ke n D av is , C a li a o rn ia

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Type A, I admit that I mostly use my camera to check up on these other slacker goats I have to watch over. I do a monthly PowerPoint presentation at the farm in which I admonish any goat I catch on camera doing ungoatly activities. If you’re not head butting someone or eating an old boot, you’re not a goat worthy of the name.

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As head of my herd, and as I am indeed a bit

V I L L A

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As head of my herd, and as I am indeed a bit

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After a tough day, a field of grass. We work hard and we play hard.

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Villa

Nera Verzasca Goat

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After a tough day, a field of grass. We work hard and we play hard.

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Villa

Nera Verzasca Goat