{"id":124326,"date":"2025-09-07T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:17:08","slug":"photographer-new-book-dogs-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124326\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer new book, Dog\u2019s Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it was suggested that my next book of photographs focus on dogs, I was initially hesitant. Not because I don\u2019t love dogs \u2013 quite the contrary, I believe they are superior beings \u2013 but the pressure to create something that reflected this was immense. Based on my previous books, the obvious direction would have been to capture dogs in cute outfits with their equally stylish owners \u2013 Doggy Style, if you will. But I wanted to delve deeper.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Best friends in Milan.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/66123f45d8355cd4f79295747238dbeb7d327629.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Best friends in Milan.Credit: Giuseppe Santamaria<\/p>\n<p>What is it about these extraordinary beings that captures our hearts and forms unbreakable bonds that transform us for the better? I experienced this bond with my late dog Baxter and my current little French guy, Sebastian.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to explore this incredibly layered relationship through other human-canine friendships.<\/p>\n<p>I embarked on a journey around the world. My mission was to document the unique ways in which dogs and their humans coexist in concrete jungles. I encountered people with their four-legged companions and engaged them in a thought-provoking conversation: \u201cIf your dog could talk, what would they say about you?\u201d This question sparked warm smiles and heartfelt responses, revealing the unique personalities and connections between dogs and their best friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it was suggested that my next book of photographs focus on dogs, I was initially hesitant. Not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-124326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}