Rory Mackay is a classically trained artist with penchant for painting pooches! While he may not have predicted that the four-legged set would so thoroughly become his inspiration, this canine Caravaggio found his calling in capturing the energy and spirit of our furry friends on his canvas. Born and raised in London, Mackay is now […]
Photographer Extraordinaire Gandee Vasan’s Pet Masterpieces!
Having taken his first photograph with a Kodak instamatic at the age of nine, Gandee Vasan inherently knew he was destined to become a photographer. Although he spent his early years composing portrait paintings, the Sri Lanka native gives credit to his canine cohort, Basil, for introducing him to his now-natural calling: photography. All it […]
Lifestyles of the Rich and Fluffiest
Welcome to Lifestyles of the Rich and Fluffiest! Pampered barely begins to describe these two pooches, Buddy (a poodle) and Bolinha (a Shih Tzu). They are undoubtedly among the richest and fluffiest in Brazil. Living next to the fabulous Copacabana Palace Hotel with their owner Narcisa Tamborindeguy, these pups have it all. Not only […]
Photographer Christopher Makos Taught Andy Warhol How To Take A Picture. Need We Say More?
“I sound a bit Pollyanna, don’t I,” says photographer Christopher Makos. That was probably the last word I would use to categorize the renowned artist with a photographic pedigree impossible to match. Makos apprenticed under Man Ray and was a close friend and personal photographer to Andy Warhol for the last fourteen years of […]
Petography: Jim Dratfield
Photographer Jim Dratfield is interested in relationships; relationships between pets and people that is. “I’ll tell you about the most amazing moment I had,” Jim says. “Laura Dern knew about my work and she had a dog that was very ill. The dog was not going to survive for more than a few days, and […]
Photographer: Tracy Bayne’s Model Companions
“Some of the most fashionable people I know are animal lovers. Their sense of style not only includes haute couture and the best of the ready-to-wear collections, but their pets as well. Just as what we wear distinguishes us and reflects who are, so do the pets we keep. In these pages I explore the […]