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Run, Dogs, Run
These photographs are part of an extensive body of work shot at two New York City dog runs over a nine year period. My intent is to break free of the traditional imagery of "man's best friend" and capture the primal nature of these animals; to step aside from the "sweet and cuddly" domesticated pet and zero in on the wilder side.
In seeking to move beyond our culturally defined conception of dogs (cute puppies in calendars, loyal companions always eager to please), I decided to shoot them during their most instinctive, unselfconscious moments--interacting with their own kind, on their own terms, at the dog run.
With these photographs, I hope to capture the dogs' energy, ferocity and incredible movement on film--qualities that often translate into images of raw animal instinct, essential nature and inner beast.
Eight Months at the Met
Father and baby daughter at the great museum, exploring the galleries of Western art. The child, her first exposure to these masterpieces, inhabits them, transforms them, brings new meaning to them. She becomes one with the paintings--slips into them, alters them, creates new compositions and narratives.
Taking my daughter, Evie, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art week after week was, at its purest and most important level, about priceless time spent together. But it was also about Evie taking in all these paintings for the very first time and then reflecting through me new images.
Exploring the Met's galleries with a needy and unpredictable baby in tow had its challenges, but these were far outweighed by the rewards and pure joy of introducing Evie to art at such a young age. Using the still, two-dimensional paintings (which in a certain sense served as backdrops or sets), the squirmy baby, the gallery lighting, and a host of other variables, I was provided with a unique opportunity to create something new that I hope speaks to the vital relationship between artist and viewer.
These photographs entail a dialogue and interaction between me, my daughter and the paintings--as well as the artists, of course.
*Full image titles*
(All photographs 2006-2007, Digital C-prints)
1 Evie and From the Faraway, Nearby, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1937
2 Evie and The Assumption of the Virgin, Bergognone (Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano), early 16th century
3 Evie and Flora and Zephyr, Jacopo Amigoni, 1730s
4 Evie and The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818-?1906 and Laura Anne, 1820-1894), Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1823
5 Evie and Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and His Wife (Marie-Anne-Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836), Jacques-Louis David, 1788
6 Evie and Ancient Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1757
7 Evie and The Figure 5 in Gold, Charles Demuth, 1928
8 Evie and The Entombment, Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino), 1554
9 Evie and Vampire, Edward Munch, 1894
10 Evie and Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Cardinal Don Fernando Nino de Guevara (1541-1609), El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), ca. 1600
11 Evie and The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), ca. 1650
12 Evie and Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
13 Evie and Pelvis II, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1944
14 Evie and Skull, Andy Warhol, 1977
15 Evie and Lucas, Chuck Close, 1986-87
16 Evie and Lucas #2, Chuck Close, 1986-87
17 Evie and The Banquet of the Starved, James Ensor, 1915
18 Evie and The Banquet of the Starved #2, James Ensor, 1915
19 Evie and Girl at a Window, Balthus, 1957
20 Evie and The Terrace at Vernonnet, Pierre Bonnard, 1939
21 Evie and The Street, Philip Guston, 1977
22 Evie and Mada Primavesi, Gustav Klimt, 1912
Home page: Evie and Charity, Guido Reni (1575-1642)
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