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Unlocking doors
Award-winning photojournalist Mary Ellen Mark has documented both the extreme fringes of society and the glamour of Hollywood for over forty years.
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Unlocking doors
Most of us have admired Mary Ellen Mark’s iconic images before realising they all came from the same lens. Soon, a pattern emerges: these images hit you between the eyes, move through your guts to end up somewhere lodged in your heart.
for disabled kids in Reykjavik, and on set of Fellini’s Satyricon. Regardless of content, we are taken prisoners, and yet given a key to unlock doors usually closed to us (only Mark was allowed to shoot during the filming of Apocalypse Now).
Mark’s photo essays have been published in magazines that still regard documentary photography as an art form. From Life and Look during the 60s to The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone or Vanity Fair since then, gaining respect from photographers in all fields and recognition across all layers of society.
NB. Although we have selected a mix of Mark’s images portraying dogs, we highly recommend immersing yourself in all of her work.
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Photography by Mary Ellen Mark
To see more of Mary Ellen Mark’s amazing work, visit her site
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The look of love
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From dogs and cats, to owls and tarantulas, Tobias Lang’s photographic series
‘Your Pet and You’ sheds new light on man and their best friends.
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An extensive selection of work by Welsh conceptual artist-come-photographer Keith Arnatt is currently being exhibited at Tate Britain. The show includes one of his most renowned series, Walking the Dog (1976-79), a captivating collection of black and white portraits of dogs and their owners looking straight into camera. Until 11th August 2013.
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Same same but different
Wood grain, pen strokes, felt strips. Over hundred artists have dressed and groomed Gerald, a paper Bracco Italiano, as part of a collaboration led by agency Lazerian. You can check the pack at 60 Reade Gallery during New York Design Week.
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Keith Haring
Glowing babies, big hearts, dancing people, barking dogs. Vivienne Westwood once compared the symbolic language of Keith Haring to hieroglyphs. If anything, Keith Haring’s work is pure gut expression. When in Paris, visit the retrospective organised by The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in association with Le Centquatre. With more than 250 pictures on canvas and tarpaulins and from subway walls, as well as some truly monumental art pieces, the show is not to be missed. Until 18 August 2013.
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Sweet dreams are made of this
by Meredith Forrester
Susan Sabo’s latest project, I Dreamt of Dogs, helps the California-based photographer to deal with unfinished business.
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Dead Dog Beach
by Sophie Gamand
Photographer Sophie Gamand’s world had been filled with bedazzled silk dresses and feathered hats until she ventured into Dead Dog Beach, Puerto Rico. This is her heartfelt account of the experience informing her work to this day.
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Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang wins the Sony World Photography Award for her moving collection of portraits of surviving teenagers of the Utoya massacre. Fifteen-year-old Iselin Rose Borc (featured) recalls: “In the period after Utoya I had a really hard time sleeping. I was afraid of the dark and suffered dreadful nightmares. My mom and I decided that getting a dog might help me, so I got Athene. Now she sleeps on top of my stomach every night.” That’s why they are called man’s best friend.
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LIGHTEN UP
Abigail Ahern knows your home needen’t be staid. Combining her love of dogs and decor, these little beauties have it all. Seriously, if household accessories had personalities, they would look like this.
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The Secret Lives of Pets
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Ginger and Wiggley, two adopted guinea pigs, inspired Julianna Koh-Blackwell to start documenting pets in their environment. We talk to the award-winning, Sydney-based photographer about the importance of story-telling, her clients and the valuable lessons learned along the way.
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Wild at Heart
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Plunging into the world of pet ownership is both thrilling and challenging. We speak to Jane Lee of pet and lifestyle company Wildebeest, about making things a bit easier for rookies, designing from necessity, and her love for the local San Francisco Bay Area maker community.
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