Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches

24 matt c-type prints on aluminium
each 24" x 16" (609mm x 406mm) : installation area 2 x 5m
shot 2001-2, produced 2003

24 portraits of eminent English whippets standing in classic show pose. The pedigree name of each dog is listed. The dogs are presented as desirable objects, arranged in grids that invite the viewer to make comparisons. Upon closer inspection, some dogs can be seen to have a string around their neck which controls their stance.

Exhibited in PFF - Pets and their People, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, 2017-18; Perfect/Imperfect, Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin, 2017 (the bitches); Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 2009-2010; Photographs London, Phillips de Pury & Company, 2009; Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches, Pavilion, Leeds, 2008; The Refusal, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2008; Parade, Shunt Vaults, London, 2008; Jo Longhurst I The Refusal, RCA, London, 2008; Descent, MAC, Birmingham, 2006; Nützlich, süß, und museal / das fotografierte Tier (The Photographed Animal / Useful, Cute and Collected), Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2005; Discovery Award, Rencontres D'Arles, 2005; Treason, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2003

Published in Animals: Photographs that make you think, Abrams Image, 2021; Elephant Magazine #32, Perfect You, Perfect Me, 2017; Really Good Dog Photography, Hoxton Mini Press/Penguin, 2017; EROS, Issue 6 | Homotopia, 2015; Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel & Ursula Blickle Foundation, Dumont, 2009; Photographs London, Phillips de Pury & Company, 2009; Archive, No. 13, National Media Museum, 2008; The Refusal, Steidl, 2008; HotShoe, 2008; Photography Arles, 2005

APT Collection