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Wegman's Rare Fetching Candid
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The Washington Post
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April 17, 2003
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Those dogs again. Yes, William Wegman is still photographing
Weimaraners. His latest pictures, shot as large-format Polaroids and
transferred by David Adamson's presses into rich, precise pigment
prints, find his pooches assuming poses alluding to classic images
from painting and photography. (None, thankfully, wear silly outfits -
- an on-going Wegman trope.) I liked the large-scale diptych of a
voluptuous doggie in repose, her milk chocolate fur glistening
against a shiny black backdrop as if she were a canine odalisque.
Ultimately, though, ...
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