Kisses
I discovered this beautiful cache of photos on Rebecca Collins’s always inspiring Art Dog Blog. See more of Fast Boy’s Girls in Bed set on his Flickr site. Note: some artistic nudity.
No Shame
Getting up Early to go to the Patagonia Summer Sale
Some Girls in Bed
Comfy
Do Not Feed the Animals
Susan Sabo takes her dog photography beyond pretty pictures this Friday with her show This Is Who We Are. It will feature a collection of dogs who need homes immediately, with the shelter representatives standing by to answer questions and provide information. Also, all prints are available for purchase with proceeds going to the dog’s shelter, donated in the buyer’s name.
Facing the reality that this is who we are:
We don’t spay or neuter our dogs.
We chain them in the backyard.
We beat and kick them when they don’t "behave."
We abandon them in shelters, where they’ll likely be killed.
We abandon them in the streets, where they’ll likely die of starvation.
We kill their spirit, their will to live.
We break their hearts.
Susan uses her talent and drive to make change — brilliant on so many levels. I’m only featuring the invitation photo (above) and Susan sharing her mathematical equation on dog love (below) since she plans to reveal the rest of the photos opening night. Photo books will be available after the sale as well. I’ll get a link if she’s selling online.
Info:
WHAT: “This Is Who We Are: Photography by Susan Sabo”
WHEN: Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 7pm
WHERE: Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association
4313 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807
562-595-0081
Children & babies welcome.
No invitation needed; attire is casual.
Elliott Erwitt is one of my favorite photographers, and not just because dogs frequently appear in his work. I think there’s something about his outsider roots, he was born in Paris to Russian parents and emigrated to America in 1939, that allows him to capture the details of daily life and distill a sense of time and place into one image. That, and his street level perspective of 1970’s New York mirrors my own street level memories of “the city” during that era before Disney owned Times Square and the Gap set up shop on every street corner.
Philadelphians have a wonderful opportunity to see more that 60 Erwitt dog images at the James A. Michner Art Museum’s show, Elliott Erwitt: Dog Dogs , starting April 26 and running until August 31, 2008. For the rest of us, Erwitt’s beautifully designed website is great place to lose yourself in his exquisite photos spanning five decades, and his book, Dog Dogs,
On a side note, I found this great photography blog while searching for Erwitt dogs, Photo Of The Day. Very cool.
Life in a Taxi Cab
Founded in 2004 by a couple of Viennese photography execs jonesing for the smell of analog in a digital world, Polanoid aims to be the world’s largest collection of Polaroid snapshots. Judging from the 116,335 pictures uploaded as of today, I think they’ve succeeded.
The site is brilliantly designed to display the full glory of the Polaroid snapshot’s image to border ratio and the founders are passionately commercial free. To finance their project they sell what else – Polaroids – at Unsaleable.com where addicts feed their cravings for instant gratification with all things Polaroid. Genius!
A search for dogs on Polanoid turned up these gorgeous images.
Lady Likes to Navigate
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Norman En La Plaza De La Merced
Zig Zag
Foxette
Flair Of Paris In Venice
Tip Tap
Arco
Dog on the Beach in Sestri Levante
We interrupt this dog breed countdown to bring you breaking dog art news…Today, gallery owner Jen Bekman is featuring this spectacular print, Prospect Park by Joseph O. Holmes, in her 20×200 series. That means she’s offering 200 limited edition prints for $20 each. Yeah, Jen! Thanks for featuring some dog art. I love it!
Yes, you’d love a perfect professional portrait of your dog. But what about how cute he is guarding his toy or begging to get his belly rubbed? With a photo session from Los Angeles photographer Sabrina Helas, you get the best of both, a CD featuring 50-75 images of your playful pup and 3 hard copy photos too. All for just $99. To learn more visit Cookies and Water Photography.