Finding Home: Shelter Dogs and Their Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0125W03CK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 235 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The dogs that stare out at readers from the pages of Scott's book are haunting. The portraits in Finding Home not only showcase a collection of canines with indomitable character and spirit, they are also an eloquent plea for more adoptive families, and a tribute to all dogs everywhere." - The Bark . Scott also tells the stories of how each animal ended up in a shelter. Do yourself a favor. Read Finding Home, then go out and adopt a shelter dog." - Chicago Tribune"Scott's black-and-white portraits give these dogs a poignancy and gravitas they deserve." -- Shelf Awareness"Photographer Traer Scott follows up her groundbreaking book Shelter Dogs with a new work of equal grace and sensitivity
Her work has been featured in National Geographic, Life, Vogue, O, and dozens of other major national and international publications. Scott was the recipient of the 2010 Helen Woodward Humane Award for animal welfare activism. Traer Scott is an award-winning fine art and commercial photographer and the bestselling author of
Her first book, Shelter Dogs, was a runaway success, and in this follow-up, Scott introduces a new collection of canine subjects, each with indomitable character and spirit: Morrissey, a pit bull, who suffered from anxietyrelated behaviors brought on by shelter life until adopted by a family with four children; Chloe, a young chocolate Lab mix, surrendered to a shelter by a family with allergies; Gabriel and Cody, retired racing greyhounds; and Bingley, a dog who lost his hearing during a drug bust but was brought home by a loving family that has risen to the challenge of living with a deaf dog. Through extended features we become better acquainted with the personalities and life stories of selected dogs and watch as they experience the sometimes rocky and always emotional transition to new homes. The portraits in Finding Home form an eloquent plea for the urgent need for more adoptive families, as well as a tribute to dogs everywhere.. Scott began photographing these dogs in 2005 as a volunteer at animal shelters. Bold, retiring, serious, sparkling, quirky, or lovable—the dogs in Traer Scott's remarkable photographs regard us with humor, dignity, and an abundance of feeling
Yim said The Beauty and Pathos of Shelter Dogs. Finding Home: Shelter Dogs and Their StoriesI have worked with Traer professionally and can attest to the acute connection that she makes with her canine photographic subjects. Clearly, she has been a dog in a past life and I say this with absolute conviction and only the highest regard for that quality. Without sentimentality or anthropomorphology, Traer is able to capture the essence of the spirit of the dogs she photographs. In many instances, that spirit has been considerably dampened . Jayne Gentile said I'm a sucker for dogs and especially rescue or shelter. I'm a sucker for dogs and especially rescue or shelter dogs. I have a 9 year old Lab/Rhodesian Ridgeback named George who was a shelter dog, that no one wanted. Every time someone would come up to his cage he would snap at them. Until there was me. Shelter Dogs and their stories are always fascinating to me. This book has a permanent place on my coffee table.. "the stories that go along with them are beautifully written. It's an incredible journey that some of" according to Amazon Customer. As if the pictures aren't moving enough, the stories that go along with them are beautifully written. It's an incredible journey that some of these shelter dogs take and touched me personally since I remember some of these pups going through the system when my girl rescued us!