Guys: It's June 20th. You know what that means? It's Take Your Dog to Work Day! My PhotoShelter compatriots either do not have dogs, or are blatantly ignoring this special day. I've therefore spent all morning wrangling some of William Wegman's. I think Wegman has been unfairly categorized as a sort of Hallmark Greeting Card photographer (or maybe he made some poor marketing decisions in the '80s); I've always thought his Weimaraner images were pretty thoughtful and fun. I was even more convinced when I saw a biographical PBS documentary last year-- It's nice to be reminded of Wegman's short films and paintings. He was making hilarious video work way back in the seventies. See some clips down at the bottom. But now for some pooches:
Screen Saver, 2006
Evergreen, 2001
Bed, 2006
Bed, 2006
U-Tree, 1992
Dressed to Mill, 2006
Untitled, 1993
3D Shadow, 1993
Feet First, 2006
Paw, 1993
Early Video Work:
The Hardly Boys!
Stumble Upon
Wegman's stuff gets a bad rap because its creepy. I always feel like the dogs are thinking: "Dear God Bill, put the effing camera down and leave us the hell alone. Hey Bill, how bout throwin' a stick for us or something once in a while".
I didn't see creepy so much as weird. How's he get those animals to pose like that - especially the two on the white paper?
Beautiful babies, however looking at the tail down posture means that that babies not happy, I'm missing my pair of Weims, & its good just to see that someone elses loves them as much as I love mine.