I photographed Walking the Dog in New York’s Meatpacking district in 1989 for Loden-Frey, a luxury German store that gave me the freedom to capture a more unexpected side of the city.

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What made the image work for me was the contrast, a woman dressed for the evening walking her bulldog through the wet, gritty streets of downtown Manhattan. It had edge, attitude, and a very New York kind of elegance. Like many of my commercial assignments, it grew out of the mood and sensibility of my fine art work, which is probably why the image later found a life beyond advertising as a gallery print.

Walking the Dog is available as a Fine Art Poster