Best Friends: The Dog as Subject in Fine Art Photography

The personal collection of photographers Bill and Alice Wright's dog-centric pictures (including some of Bill's own work) is more profound, funny and soulful than I even imagined, wrote Brian Bethel of the Abilene Reporter News.

As Bill puts it:

"...all the photos 'speak to so many different emotions,' he said, although a sense of fellowship permeates many — the conventional label of 'man’s best friend' being easily apparent."

I love that word "fellowship" applied to our relationship with dogs. It conveys equality and mutual reciprocation, not a master/owner attitude. I've never heard our bond with dogs described that way and I think it is just perfect.

This collection is available from The Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas and from Humanities Texas. Contact curator@thegracemuseum.org.