An art book, that examines American culture and masculinity through essays and viewfinder photos of dogs dressed as humans.

Book Details: 8X8″ 2025 Perfect binding, Full-color, 72 pages hand-altered with die cuts and flaps

Artist statement

While writing On Dogs on TV, I investigated the photographs within a novelty viewfinder, all of dogs, mostly dressed and posed as humans. The first section of the book features the full original slides photographed through the tiny peephole on the back. These distorted scenes are paired with speculative fiction inspired by the world created by the original photographer. In the second section of the book, I revisit the slides of dogs, this time zooming in on certain details and pairing the images with memoir vignettes. Threaded throughout these sections is a through-essay, appearing as footnotes and connecting the essays contextually. Finally, in the last section of the book, I deconstruct the photographs down to just swatches of color, juxtaposing them with a concluding lyrical essay. Taken as a whole, On Dogs on TV encourages the reader to ask: What is real? What is the relationship between the reader/viewer and the author? What is the difference between the world inside the box and “reality” outside? Who are the dogs? What is the TV?

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