
A Photographer Shoots Pedigree Shelter Dogs to Highlight a Point
As a dedicated advocate for shelter dog adoption, photographer Emma O'Brien has several rescue dogs of mixed breeds in her care and she doesn't discriminate between breeds. However, for this particular project, she turns her attention to purebred dog adoption and what she found was concerning. Normally, mixed-breed dogs are frequently surrendered to shelters due to rampant breeding and they have no inherent financial value, putting them at a disadvantage for those seeking a specific breed.
However, during the creation of her 'Dogs Unleashed' series, she realized that even the purebred dogs she photographed for the project were in need of new homes for three main reasons: a lack of breed-specific understanding, no longer being financially profitable to breeders, and breeders closing do...