Jesse Freidin – Dog Photographer
Jesse is a fine art dog photographer, working with only analog and instant films. He is the creator of the Doggie Gaga Project and was also awarded the 2010 and 2011 Best Dog Photographer in the Bay Area.
There are so many articles and stories out there about successful artists. Such an enigmatic thing, ‘creative success.’ Success, of course, should be qualified not in how many paintings you sell or who is collecting your photography, but in how fulfilled your work is making you. There is one major theme, though, that seems to [...]
My Boston Terrier (Pancake) loves the camera, and my friends love him, and we all love taking trips together. And I love Polaroid film, and my Fuji Fotorama camera, and perfect natural lighting. Going on vacation is always a great excuse for me to work on a creative side-project. Here’s a series I did last [...]
I recently saw a Twitter post posing the question: “Has finding a decent photographer become harder or easier in the digital age?” What a fascinating topic (and one I think about often). With the low overhead and bigger/better/faster approach to digital photography, the flood of new photographers to the market seems to prefer a quick-and-easy [...]
I’m currently in New Orleans working on my New Orleans pet photography contacts, and developing my new fine art photography series on contemporary hunters and their gun dogs. Modern hunting photography lacks a level of intimacy and understanding that I feel needs to be remedied. There is a beauty, a mystery, an inspired connection to nature [...]
It’s not every day that I get a pet photography commission request for a cat. But, I do have people asking me all the time how I get animals to sit so still. “You must have lots of treats and tell them to sit and stay and stuff.” Quite the contrary, actually. I never have [...]
When I talk to my clients about the superior archival quality of analog photography, I use words like ‘forever,’ ‘meeting Museum of Congress standards,’ ‘archival wash’ etc. I won’t go so far as to say their eyes glaze over when I begin getting a bit technical, because these preliminary discussions I have with each client [...]
When Gumps (the infamous San Francisco home-goods store) alerted their community that I was bringing my Instant Doggie Photobooth to their lobby for an exclusive day of Polaroid dog portraits, the 60 available time slots were filled in about 20 minutes. Needless to say, it was packed. And awesome. So awesome in fact that we’re [...]
Polaroid dog photography video, featuring Duke the pitbull – boxer – lab mix. Photographed with the Horseman 4×5 field camera with Polaroid pack film back, on Polaroid 669 instant film.
Here’s a sneak-peek at my newest fine art photography series, focusing on the contemporary American hunter and their gun dogs. This is a topic that is so incredibly inspiring to me- the intimacy between hunter, working dog, and wildlife. The meditative intention behind a true heritage hunter, and how they allow themselves to fully escape [...]
Here’s a little video about my recent installation in Utah at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I installed fifteen 20x24inch framed pieces with the help of my amazing assistants in an hour. I swear it was a world record. Good thing I didn’t have to do any of the math. Or make anything level. I’m [...]
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