Dogs Among Us

  • Dates
    2016 - 2016
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Daily Life, Documentary

Dogs Among Us

These photographs aren’t really about dogs. They’re really about relationships. Deep ones.

So deep a man inked his deceased dog’s likeness onto his chest. So deep another man admitted his dog feels closer at times than his wife and kids. So deep that one woman responded to my question, “What would your life be like without her?” with the stark reply, “I would have no life without her.”

As Gertrude Stein noted, it is a relationship tied to identity:

“I am I,” she wrote, “because my little dog knows me.” It is a tethered proposition; two halves, one whole, umbilically linked by the ends of a cord commonly known as a leash.

This collection of dual portraits, with one exception, was made in and around New York City’s Tompkins Square Park during 2016.

© Robert Kalman - Aaron with Harley Jane
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Aaron with Harley Jane

© Robert Kalman - Alice with Nelson
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Alice with Nelson

© Robert Kalman - Aswad with Navidad
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Aswad with Navidad

© Robert Kalman - Christian with Nova
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Christian with Nova

© Robert Kalman - Claire with Laika
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Claire with Laika

© Robert Kalman - David with Chipper
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David with Chipper

© Robert Kalman - Dominic with Girl
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Dominic with Girl

© Robert Kalman - Eddy with Red
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Eddy with Red

© Robert Kalman - Nora with Rudy
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Nora with Rudy

© Robert Kalman - Emma with Ozzie
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Emma with Ozzie

© Robert Kalman - Evelyn with Pandy
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Evelyn with Pandy

© Robert Kalman - Gaby with Baby Levon and Nico
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Gaby with Baby Levon and Nico

© Robert Kalman - George with Pincus
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George with Pincus

© Robert Kalman - Jeffrey with Bruno
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Jeffrey with Bruno

© Robert Kalman - Joannie with Augustus Gloop
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Joannie with Augustus Gloop

© Robert Kalman - Johnny with his entourage
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Johnny with his entourage

© Robert Kalman - Kian with Ava
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Kian with Ava

© Robert Kalman - Kitty with Spit and Brownie
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Kitty with Spit and Brownie

© Robert Kalman - Laila with Chief
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Laila with Chief

© Robert Kalman - Laura with Elsa
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Laura with Elsa

© Robert Kalman - Luis with Shai
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Luis with Shai

© Robert Kalman - Madalyn with Theodore
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Madalyn with Theodore

© Robert Kalman - Misael with Gia Monroe
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Misael with Gia Monroe

© Robert Kalman - Peter with Jasper
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Peter with Jasper

© Robert Kalman - Phil with Hank
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Phil with Hank

© Robert Kalman - Prin with Izzy
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Prin with Izzy

© Robert Kalman - Rebecca with Valentina
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Rebecca with Valentina

© Robert Kalman - Ricky with Addie
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Ricky with Addie

© Robert Kalman - Robert with Mr Zed and BeBop
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Robert with Mr Zed and BeBop

© Robert Kalman - Sara with Astrid
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Sara with Astrid

© Robert Kalman - Suzanne with Delilah
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Suzanne with Delilah

© Robert Kalman - Willie with Precious
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Willie with Precious

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