Professional Photographers Instagramming Their Pets
Professional photographers use Instagram in many different ways. Most frequently, it’s a curated collection of their best work, but many photographers take a more casual approach and insert scenes from their daily life. Unsurprisingly, this often comes in the form of pets because who can resist a great pet photo?
So without further ado, here’s a handful of photographers who take #petpics
William Wegman
You can’t talk about pets and photographers without talking about William Wegman and his weimaraners. He might be best known for his use of 20×24 Polaroid, but Instagram works pretty well too.
Timothy Archibald
Timothy Archibald captured the travails of his son’s autism in “Echolilia” and is a pretty darn good commercial photographer as well. We’re just happy that the family cat, Tallulah, came back after an unannounced leave.
Michelle Bisaillon
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Silicon Valley-based artist Michelle Bisaillon is known for her use of mirrors in conjunction with a pastel-palette to create a series of self-portraits. Also: her cat.
Brad Mangin
Baseball photographer-extraordinaire Brad Mangin spends most of his time near the baseball diamond and has two cats that guard his home while he’s traveling.
Ben Moon
Photographer, Director, Adventurer Ben Moon will break your heart with his short entitled
“Denali.” He also recently mourned the loss of another dog Sadie.
Robert Caplin
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When your cat is as photogenic as photojournalist Robert Caplin, he clearly needs his own Instagram account.
Pamela Chen
Instagram’s Director of Photography Pamela Chen has been known to swim with pigs on the island of Exuma, but I’ve got a crush on her two cats, Apollo and Bean.
Katie Orlinsky
Katie Orlinsky travels have taken her around the world to cover heavy hitting topics like child brides with Stephanie Sinclair’s Too Young to Wed organization. No better way to decompress than these two little guys.
Theron Humphrey
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Former studio fashion photographer Theron Humphrey embarked on a 50-state journey entitled “This Wild Idea,” and decided to take his dog Maddie along for the ride. She ended up on, er, things and scored a book deal in the process.
Andrew Knapp
If Maddie can have a book, so can Momo. Andrew Knapp took a page from “Where’s Waldo,” and created a series of books called “Find Momo” with his handsome border collie.
Preston Gannaway
Preston Gannaway won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2008 for her project “Remember Me,” which couldn’t be a more fitting title for the series of photos of her cat who recently passed away from cancer.
Kendrick Brinson
Editorial photographer (and the better half of Brinson + Banks) Kendrick Brinson sometimes travels with her dog Highland and makes epic #dogstagrams.
Peggy Sirota
Editorial photography badass Peggy Sirota is known for her quirky celebrity portraits in publications like GQ. With such well-known subjects, it’s great to see her regularly feature her cat who is *so* over it.
Richard Phibbs
Richard Phibbs spends much of his time capturing fashion, but he has a big place in his heart (and Instagram feed) for shelter dogs, which he photographs at the Humane Society NY.
Alec Soth
Magnum photographer and independent book publisher Alec Soth is best known for his large format work, and when he joined Instagram in 2013, he created a series of “Unselfies.” But that doesn’t mean his feed can’t take a timeout for the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers.
Lucas Jackson
Photojournalist Lucas Jackson has traveled as far as the Arctic to take a picture, but he doesn’t travel as far to snap some pics of @mrharrison.
Craig Mitchelldyer
While he’s not running triathlons or taking photos of an MLS game, Craig Mitchelldyer is helping @poison_ivy_pup gain more followers on Instagram.
Allison V Smith
Editorial and fine art photographer Allison V. Smith doesn’t discriminate. She regularly features both her cat and dog in her feed.
No wonder they post their pets. These furry guys have more personality and expression than most human subjects!
Harrumph! Where’s @Maggiewhereyouat??!!