Artist Statement: For this piano design, Bruce Weber surveyed over 40 years of dog photographs from his personal archive. Many of the canines featured were or are his own pets, others starred in his various editorial and advertising photo shoots around the world.
Photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber first rose to international prominence in the early eighties on the success of images that combined classical styling with more visceral underpinnings of desire, mood, and sexuality. His ability to construct a seamless sense of romance and drama created the central public images for fashion houses like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Versace, and Abercrombie and Fitch, as well as earning him an enduring presence as a contributor to magazines at the very highest levels in the industry. Throughout his career, Weber continues to work in various forms–he has directed seven short and feature length films, published more than 37 books, and has held more than 60 exhibitions world-wide–extending his lifelong exploration of the nature of human relationships.
