Publisher's Description
MY DARLING DOG
Photographers' Best Friends
Edited by Martina Mettner
144 pages, 9-1/3 x 11', 110 full color and black-and-white photographs, Cloth
This anthology presents contemporary photographers' images
of their own dogs-unforgettable insights into the lives of dogs
in creative, superior color and black-and-white photographs in
a broad range of styles.
Dogs have traditionally been viewed from a rather more public
perspective in photography, with typical images of male dogs
in so-called 'street photography' shown marking out their territory or barking at intruders, or females, mostly smaller breeds,
as interior motifs or in the company of elegant ladies.
Here, in this anthology, we are offered a more private view of
dogs. Only true friendship between owners and their dogs
could have produced images marked by such striking expressive
power, touching beauty and intimacy-a dog acting out its
innate urge to run a race with its owner, or engaged in a tug-of-
war over a fetched ball or playing gently with the children of
the family. Whether classic portraits for which man's best
friend posed patiently and devotedly, or detailed views, or
impromptu shots, each of these images, including many previously unpublished works, bear eloquent witness to the strong
bonds that develop between people and dogs.
This book is an absolute must for every dog lover, as well as for
collectors of contemporary photography.
Martina Mettner's The Autonomization of Photography, earned her the
Erich Stenger Award and the Kodak
Photo Book Award. She is the former editor-in-chief of two photography magazines, including Leica
Fotografie International. She is the
editor of the anthologies, In Their
Mothers' Eyes and Babies, both from
Edition Stemmle.
The Photographers:
Hans Christian Adam, Toni Anzenberger, Sarah Benham, Wout Berger,
Martha Casanave, Debbie Fleming
Caffery, Huger Foote, Harry Giglio,
Rainer Griese, Lois Hechenblaikner,
Carli Hermes, Juan Hildago, Joachim
Maria Huber, Terry Kennedy, Nancy
Marshall, John McWilliams, Allison
Nowlin, Patricia D. Richards,
Margaret Sartor, Maude Schuyler
Clay, Robin Schwartz, Tiarda Sixma,
Ulrich Tillmann, Elizabeth Turk,
Maarten Wetsema, and many others.