Canine

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Editorial Reviews

Slickly designed and printed in duotone, Canine features 50 photographs of different dogs-at play and at work, worried and cocky, flying through the air and napping on the sofa, at dog shows and just showing off. Interspersed with the pictures are appropriately quirky snippets of text, featuring such diverse sources as Richard Nixon, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Mann, and dog trainers from the nineteenth century.
This book is affordable and beautifully designed, with charming pictures by a well-known photographer and author. It will make a perfect gift for anyone with a special dog in his or her life and it will arrive in plenty of time for the holidays.
Henry Horenstein is the author of over 25 books for adults and children, including the classic text Black and White Photography (Little, Brown; 400,000+ copies sold) and Creatures (Pond Press, 1999). He lives in Boston and teaches photography at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic photography, 2005-12-26
by R. Shecter (Portland, OR USA)

This is a fantastic book of photography, dogs or not. Great use of depth of field and composition. I think that anyone who's into photography will enjoy this.

As for the content itself, the subject is treated much better and maturely than a typical "dog photo book". The artistic sensibility is more akin to an ueber-realistic photojournalism than a cutesy pin-up calendar.

Wonderfully entertaining browsing for all dog owners, 2001-01-17
by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

Canine showcases fifty black and white photographs by Henry Horenstein of different dogs at work and play. All of the canine emotions are captured through an artistic lens with pictures of dogs flying through the air, napping on the sofa, at dog shows, or just showing off. Interspersed with the photos are appropriately quirky snippets of text drawn from such diverse but thematically appropriate sources as Jean-Paul Sartre, Richard Nixon, Thomas Mann, and nineteenth-century dog trainers. Canine is wonderfully entertaining browsing for all dog owners, trainers, and enthusiasts.

Who let the dogs out?, 2000-12-08
by Nathan L. Goldshlag (Arlington, MA USA)

Henry Horenstein, that's who. A master photographer, his black and white photographs are studies in light, shadow and texture. Horenstein, whose evocative book "Creatures" made artworks of crocodile teeth and fish lips, has captured in "Canine" the very Essence of Dog. A must-have for any dog lover, or photography buff.