This book is an engaging portfolio of cats before the camera, as seen by the world's finest photographers. The images reveal the complex and loving relationship between cats and their owners since the birth of photography. Photographic historian Eauclaire includes such classics as Philippe Halsman's portrait of Salvador Dali jumping with three flying cats, and Moholy-Nagy's "Negative Cat," along with the work of contemporary artists. There is also a humorous and touching selection of feline snapshots from the turn of the century.