Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches, Pavilion, Leeds, 13 September — 21 November 2008
Over several years Jo Longhurst worked with British Whippet breeders, including several renowned Yorkshire kennels, photographing their dogs by bloodline, exploring their obessive quest for the perfect dog. Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches is the establishing piece of an extensive body of work, The Refusal, which foregrounds the intimate relationship between human and animal, and the increasing significance of photographic technologies in the develpment of human identity.
Part of Ways of Looking: photography and new media in Leeds and Bradford.
Work exhibited: Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches