Elias Weiss Friedman

Dogs are amazing social butterflies, right?

They want to meet everyone.

They want to sniff butts and they have to pee three times a day and more.

And if you have to take them for a walk, then they will introduce you to everyone that you come across.

And sometimes those connections are very meaningful.

Good question.

I think I'm looking for something that stands out.

I will always be a photographer.

So I'm looking for something with visual interest, whether it's a rare breed of dog, a unique looking dog, someone's

crazy outfit maybe the light is just right maybe there it's like a scene the dog's in a bag dogs in a stroller people are having brunch and the dog is by the table something that represents something about life and i'm of course i'm always interested in conveying it through the dog's perspective

So I'm always getting down to the dog's level, focusing on the dog, but always I'm interested in showing the context through which they're living their life.

Yeah, people obviously who want to have their dog on the doggest, that's one of their questions is like, how do you choose your subjects?

And it is a bit random because I will shoot once or twice a week and we'll gather, I'll meet seven to 10 dogs on each outing, but it's a little bit of a fit.

I don't know, fate or I say every dog has its day.

I think they're hilarious examples of like how we represent dogs in our culture.

What was the Groucho quote?

It's inside of a dog.

You can't, what was it?

You can't read.

I forget exactly.