ROBIN SCHWARTZ

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GREYHOUND HAIR DOORS (2010)

Courtesy of Robin Schwartz

Why do you make pictures?

My picture “making” has been a lifelong process that makes me happy. I’m inspired by my fantasy dreams and my need to memorialize my subjects and experiences.

I hope viewers consider that animals and people are fundamentally the same, both with relationships and feelings.

What are some of the important themes in your work?

Photography is an extension of drawings and paintings that I made as a child of the subjects I love and the artists I admire. My drive to represent animals and their relationships with people has been constant. As a child, I drew, ...

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