It could have been longer and have some more details, but i was given a page limit. Mind you that it was for a photo 1 class.
William Wegman and His Weimaraners
William Wegman is the man most notoriously known around the world for those famous photographs of his pet weimaraners. But what else do people know about this unique individual besides his love for those adorable canines? I found I was asking myself questions about the man behind the camera while looking at some of his works, and I wanted to know where he came from, what his inspirations were, how he started taking photographs of dogs, and how he could be able to, seeing that my dog cannot even stand still for five seconds.
Many times an artist is inspired by his or her background. Wegman was born on December 2, 1943 in Hoyoke, Massachusetts. Up until the age of 6 he lied in Longmeadow Mass, and after which he moved to East Longmeadow. He continued his education after high school in 1961 by entering the Massachusetts College of Art. In 1965 he left there with a BFA in painting. …
