Sunday, December 20, 2009

Life From a Dog’s Point of View: Unique Book Chronicles a Photographer’s Remarkable Relationship with his Dog

Americans are in adulation with dogs. The accepted delinquent success of John Grogan’s Marley and Me demonstrates how abundant Americans adulation annihilation “dog-related.” Unfortunately, abounding abandoned dogs and added pets languish in abominable shelters, cat-and-mouse for an buyer who may not anytime appear for them. In fact, there are actually millions of animals who charge homes. People sometimes discount about these animals and how abundant they can add to our lives.

-- Americans are in adulation with dogs. The accepted delinquent success of John Grogan’s Marley and Me demonstrates how abundant Americans adulation annihilation “dog-related.” Unfortunately, abounding abandoned dogs and added pets languish in abominable shelters, cat-and-mouse for an buyer who may not anytime appear for them. In fact, there are actually millions of animals who charge homes. People sometimes discount about these animals and how abundant they can add to our lives.

Reiji Kanemoto’s activity afflicted always if he brought home Rufus, an aged aureate retriever that was abandoned by its owners. A able columnist for over twenty years, Kanemoto bound accomplished that Rufus could accommodate him with a different point of appearance from a dog’s perspective. Rufus became a “Dog Photographer” by acceptance Kanemoto to accouter a absolute camera to his body.

“The abstraction was a simple one,” says Kanemoto. “Put a camera about my dog’s close and alpha cutting pictures from his point of view. It was a lot of fun and absolutely opened my eyes as a photographer. It aswell angry into a adventure of accompaniment and acclaimed memories that I will consistently backpack with me.”

The aftereffect is a different book of photographs, taken from Rufus’ point of view, as he and Kanemoto airtight pictures of annihilation of absorption all over Los Angeles. The book, My Name is Rufus, I Am a Photographer: A Dog’s True Story (StudioTanimoto, 2006), is clashing annihilation abroad on the bazaar today, mostly because the dog himself took the photographs.

The book tells Rufus’ adventure in pictures and is at turns funny, fascinating, affecting and hopelessly charming. Providing a attenuate appearance of the apple from a dog’s perspective, the book chronicles trips to dog shows, dog parks, dog beaches, and even a pet café. You aswell get to see how added dogs reacted to Rufus’ camera and you even get a faculty of his predilection for the ladies.

“Rufus was a ladies’ dog,” says Kanemoto. “Whenever we went for walks, he would consistently accost the girls casual by, and they would accomplish a fuss over him. I anticipate he knew he was a attractive dog.”

The book serves as Kanemoto’s accolade to his admired dog and aswell as a photo account of the adamantine band amid the columnist and his dog. While the photos are taken in the spirit of fun, the adventure aswell has a austere basal affair amid the lines.

His acquaintance with Rufus greatly afflicted Kanemoto’s activity and his angle on the abounding abandoned dogs active in shelters all over the country. “The one affair he accomplished me was kindness,” says Kanemoto. “He fabricated me apprehend there are so abounding abandoned pets like him, active in kennels cat-and-mouse for their guardians to appear back."

As a aftereffect of his inseparable accord with Rufus, Kanemoto has committed himself to try to advice devious and abandoned pets. “Some of these pets acquisition new humans to affliction for them, but a lot of don’t,” says Kanemoto. “I achievement to abide adopting these animals, and try to acquisition others who can as well.”

Because of his adulation and acknowledgment for Rufus, Kanemoto will be altruistic a allocation of the book sales to the Golden Retriever Foundation, who advance the rescue, rehabilitation and adjustment of displaced Golden Retrievers.

After 5 admirable years with Kanemoto, Rufus abominably anesthetized abroad due to accustomed causes. Kanemoto has adopted Murphy, a devious dog that is allotment Black Labrador and allotment Great Dane. It is his achievement that Murphy will anytime be able to backpack on Rufus’ work.

For a analysis archetype of the book or to set up an account with Reiji Kanemoto for a story, amuse acquaintance Jay Wilke at 727-443-7115, ext. 223

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