A year ago last Friday we got up early and drove to the research lab where we adopted Saoirse. She was terrified and shook and vomited on the car ride home. When we got home, we carried the crate into the house and set it down just inside the front door. Maizy (the yellow lab) and […]
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Picturing Death: Photography as Activism
Talk about a powerful and heartbreaking form of activism. Taiwanese photographer, Tou Yun-Fei spent two years documenting last moments of stray dogs before they were scheduled to be put to death in shelters. 70% of dogs in shelters in Taiwan are killed within 12 days of arriving at the shelter. In a formal portraiture style common in […]
Afternoon at the Dog Park
After I finished the project I was working on today (draft of a funding proposal for my dissertation research), I decided it would be nice to get outside with Maizy. I was feeling a little more adventurous than the old walk around the neighborhood and decided to take her over to Mercer Island’s dog park. […]
