Photographer travels the world taking adorable pictures of pooches

A pooch loving photographer spent a year travelling around the world to take snaps of dogs. He's now released a photo-book called Barking, and it's absolutely awesome!

By Ashley Murphy, 1 Jan 2020

British photographer Chris Porsz has two loves - taking pictures and cute pooches.

Pictures of pooches

So he decided to combine his passions by touring the world and capturing pictures of the dogs he met along the way!

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And you can see them all for yourself in 'Barking,' a photo-book with over 100 adorable pictures of pups.

Porsz travelled all over Europe to meet the local four-legged residents.

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He then jetted to New York to see how dogs do it in the Big Apple, waiting two hours outside Trump Tower for the perfect photo opportunity.

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He admits there are easier ways to capture dogs on camera, but was drawn to the project by the sense of spontaneity:

"I love the spontaneity of the streets, and I'm inspired by what I see rather than what I can imagine in a studio," said Porsz. "I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, but when I see a dog walking around in a pink tutu, how can you go wrong?"

He also discovered a whole new way of looking at dogs and compared their unique personalities to humans. Porsz said:

"Like people, they have their own personalities. Curious, both timid and bold towards me and my camera."

Camera-shy pups

And just like humans, some of the pooches were a little camera shy:

"Occasionally I have had dogs growl and bark at me as I guess they are spooked at this barking man trying to take their picture," he continued. "Makes a good picture, though! I once got too close and a Yorkie cocked his leg over the camera!"

You can see the rest of the pictures by getting your paws on a copy of Barking!

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