PA dogs life is not a happy one

Photo documentary for Eng402

A dog’s life is usually portrayed as rather carefree and lazy; one many people would like to live. In this document I have chosen to portray that the every day life of a dog isn’t as rosy and simple as is seen by many people.

In the past weeks, I have constructed my very one-sided version of a dog’s life, which will make the reader question our societies dominant ideology. I wanted to show the day in the life of a dog and make the reader see how miserable and unhappy it really is. To do this I had to plan a series of photos promoting only the negative aspects of the dog’s life.

In my first shot I wanted to show the dog leaving his kennel first thing in the morning. I have chosen this shot to highlight cold and uncomfortable conditions a dog is forced to endure night after. It is a far cry from what everyone in this room sleeps in at night. Most of us will crawl up in our nice warm beds while our dogs sleep outside. I have used a high sho...