Walter Chandoha. Dogs. Photographs 1941–1991

Name: Walter Chandoha. Dogs. Photographs 1941–1991
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Reuel Golden, Walter Chandoha

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Taschen GmbH
05 September 2025

Individual photographers; Dogs as pets

The world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately Walter Chandoha, the 20th century's greatest pet photographer

found himself happily in the middle. He loved these intriguing

creatures equally for their unique beauty and individualism, and as

subjects to photograph in a career spanning over 70 years. While working

on his critically acclaimed TASCHEN book Cats, Chandoha handpicked his favorite dog photos

for a potential follow-up title, putting into carefully marked boxes

hundreds of contact sheets, prints, and color transparencies.

Chandoha sadly passed away in 2019 at the age of 98, but his legacy lives on in this dashing sequel dedicated to man's best friend.

""Walter Chandoha's photographs of dogs are compelling not just because

dogs have an inherent charm, but because the person behind the camera

was a master of his craft,"" writes the photography critic Jean Dykstra

in the book's introduction.

We see terriers, collies, beagles, bloodhounds, poodles, small dogs, big dogs, show dogs, working dogs, and many more, featuring over 60 breeds photographed in both black-and-white and glorious Kodachrome.

Spanning a 50-year period,

the book is divided into six sections, and each chapter reveals

Chandoha's exceptional combination of technique, versatility, and soul.

The opening chapter ""In the Studio"" focuses on formal portraiture; next it's ""Strike a Pose"" where our canine companions ham it up for the camera; in ""Out and About"" they get to roam and play, often photographed with Chandoha's own children; next it's ""Best in Show"" with Chandoha using his reportage skills to capture vintage dog shows from the Mad Men era; in ""Tails from the City,"" the dogs are hitting the streets of mid-century New York; and in the closing chapter ""Country Dogs,"" it's back to nature, the fields, and the beaches. Dogs is an unleashed photographic tribute to these lovable and loyal creatures.

Photographs by: Walter Chandoha
Edited by: Reuel Golden
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 428g
ISBN: 9783754400258
ISBN 10: 3754400258
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 05 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Walter Chandoha (1920-2019) was a combat photographer in the Second World War, before a chance encounter with a cat led him on a path that would shape his professional career. He is regarded as the world's greatest domestic animal photographer with a career spanning over seven decades and an archive of more than 200,000 photographs. His photographs have appeared on over 300 magazine covers, thousands of advertisements, and were regularly featured in magazines such as Life, Look, and their equivalents around the world.