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Article: FEATURED CREATURES; Rick Dublin's commercial studio developed a niche in the advertising world by using animals in ads. Chickens smoking cigarettes, dogs sitting pretty, donkeys on parade. Here's how perfect shots really happen.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- June 9, 1996
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"When you visit my photo studio, watch your step," reads a promotional piece for Dublin Productions.
That's because Rick Dublin's company, specializing in print and film work for commercial advertising, works with lots of animals. He maintains that his neighbors in the Minneapolis Warehouse District are sometimes confused - but more often amused - when they see cows, horses, snakes, a pygmy hippo, penguins and an 800-pound pig use the studio's freight elevator.
Remember the floppy-eared bassett hound in the ad for Hush Puppies shoes? That was Dublin Productions' work. The commercial with an assortment of beasts looking silly as they smoked cigarettes? ...