These dogs with jobs -- and highly specific modern lifestyles -- are the new calendar stars of 2022.
," 12 dogs with jobs are the stars in lieu of traditional calendar girls. In snapshot-like photos, the dogs wear human clothes buttoned around their furry necks, their eyes gazing blankly or inquisitively at the camera. They perch on humans under the clothes, with hands emerging to hold a phone during a business meeting or pump iron at the gym. But viewers are in on the joke, with paws and human faces not always hidden away.
"It's always a challenge to shoot with animals. You cannot tell them what to do -- or at least they will not give a f*** about it," said De Koekkoek over email."I really like this honest approach and the challenge of communication without words." De Koekkoek himself is a dog owner -- of Mr. October, Limo, who is a vegan row machine enthusiast -- and for"Doggystyle," he let the dogs guide the creative direction."The dogs came with their personalities and we just had to put together their outfits and sets to their lifestyles," he explained. Mr. Limo, who is often the photographer's muse, was"the first trial" for the project.
They are now part of De Koekkoek's insider look at animal lifestyles, though the photographer says that the dogs do not canonically inhabit the same world as his earlier magazine cover-ready alpacas or frazzled flying cats."Maybe there is a certain space inside of my childish brain in which they all come together to play with each other," he said.
He hopes the series can provide some levity for a calendar year that may be stressful, yet again."Humor is what definitely drives my work," he said."There are enough bad things going on already. So I want to give people a pause and just have a laugh."
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