Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits

(Hardback)

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Randal Ford now focuses his portraiture lens on the one species that has been by our side for millennia: our best friend. Good Dog captures the warmth, humour, and unconditional love that is at the heart of every dog. From mutts beaming with charisma and charm to show dogs exuding grace and elegance, Fords 150 dog portraits bring out the dog lover in all of us.

With a compelling essay by W. Bruce Cameron, this warm, tender, playful, and heartfelt collection of dog portraits gives us a beautiful look into the lives of our most cherished companions.

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When in doubt, a coffee table book is always a fun gift, and any dog lover will appreciate Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits. This beautiful book is filled with 150 dog portraits taken by photographer Randal Ford, and it features pooches of all ages and breeds. The photograph-filled book is incredibly fun to flip through, and we think it would make a perfect addition to any dog enthusiasts home.
USA Today


Photographer Randal Ford has done it again. Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits is a humorous, silly, and heartwarming compendium of snapshots of mans best friend. Ford, one of the most prolific animal photographers out there and highly admired for his stunning book Animal Kingdomwhich features animal portraits taken in-studiois back with a book worthy of much love. With 150 dog portraits spanning all breedsthere is no end to the joy emanating from these pages. An engaging foreword by W. Bruce Cameron, a much-loved newspaper columnist and New York Times best-selling author of the A Dogs Purpose series, offers an unyielding stamp of approval. As he says What Randal Ford can do with his lens is let dogs communicate their stories of love and loyalty, of dedication and devotion. If there is a creature more joyous than a dog, I dont know what it is. And in this miracle of a book, all the mischief and happiness and love and fun come through the dogs eyes and straight as us. Wed have to agree. The joy a furry companion infuses into any life is unarguable, but with Good Dog, Ford has offered a new way to enjoy the comfort dogs bring. The book also serves as a fantastic stocking stuffer or holiday gift for new, constant, and soon-to-be pawrents.
Downtown Magazine NYC

"There's nothing standard about these poodles.Local photographer Randal Ford just released his second Rizzoli book, Good Dog, a stunning collection of portraits of man's best friend. Flip the pages for studio shots of four-legged character studies like bearded Ceelo, pictured above,Enzoa rare black-splotched Goldenand adorablebi-color eyed Buckley. Photos are accompanied byRandal's beautiful prose about what made each canine captivating from behind the lens.Who's a good cover boy" DALLAS TIDBITS

"Best Gifts for Dog Lovers... Photographer Randal Ford's collection of portraits features sweet furry faces of all breeds and is the perfect addition to any dog fan's coffee table." Country Living

"The Best Coffee-Table Books of 2020. Think your pup is practically human These striking portraits of 150 soulful, expressive canines prove you might just might be onto something."
People Magazine

"Design Goes to the Dogsin the Best Possible Way! Fords lovely images in this Rizzoli volume have a classical simplicity to them, all the dogs posed like supermodels, some with wind in their fur, against plain backgrounds. Ford is a kind of Richard Avedon of dog art, in most cases avoiding the arty whimsy of William Wegman in favor of a more noble take that looks into the subjects eyes for understanding; it wouldnt be surprising if the dogs themselves had commissioned these flattering portraits."
1st Dibs / Introspective Magazine

Photographer Randal Fords collection of portraits features sweet furry faces of all breeds and is the perfect addition to an dog fans coffee table. Country Living

The Absolute Best Holiday Gifts for Dogs and Dog Parents. From poodles to pitbulls, 150 good boys and girls are photographed in this sweet coffee table bookand yes, youll fall in love with each and every one of them. --WHOWHATWEAR.COM

Author Bio

Randal Fords works have appeared on the cover of Time magazine, twenty different Texas Monthly covers, and the cover of Communication Arts, the advertising industrys most prestigious publication. His works have been commissioned and collected across the globe. Few photographers in the world have photographed as many animals in studio as Ford. His first book, The Animal Kingdom (Rizzoli), was named an Amazon.com Best Photography Book of 2018.