They're all good dogs.

January 27, 2023 1:32 PM

The 2022 Dog Photography Awards.

Be sure to look at the Finalists tab for lots more great dogs, and of course the 2021 winners and finalists, too.

posted by kristi (21 comments total)

Those pictures are enough to make me believe in Dog.
posted by Joan Rivers of Babylon at 1:46 PM on January 27, 2023 [5 favorites]

High-quality photography, plus dogs? I honestly can't think of a better combination. Thanks for sharing this, kristi.

I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite individual photo but if I had to, it would probably be the one by Kjara Kockbeck. Or possibly the one by Dalie Fichman. Or, from the finalists, the one by Desina Zbrankova Alboniova, which looks as though some primeval dog ancestor is leaping out from the mists of history. (I can't link to any of those photos directly because like so many photography websites, this one has an over-complicated design that stops me from linking to individual photos or seeing them full screen. JUST LET ME LOOK AT THE DOGS!)
posted by yankeefog at 1:50 PM on January 27, 2023 [1 favorite]

I want them all to come to my house for a visit.
At the same time.
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 2:00 PM on January 27, 2023 [3 favorites]

Love the dogs, hate the "loading our subject as background images" design.

They're a little easier to see elsewhere, like https://mymodernmet.com/2022-dog-photography-awards/
posted by SunSnork at 2:02 PM on January 27, 2023 [10 favorites]

Dog photography? I'm in!

Oh. Photos of dogs. That's still interesting, I guess.
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:21 PM on January 27, 2023 [14 favorites]

Back in the day, when we clicked on images to make them bigger we got to see the entire image and not just a cropped version.
posted by zixyer at 2:22 PM on January 27, 2023 [10 favorites]

The site overdesign is annoying but the dogs are worth it.
posted by Nerd of the North at 2:26 PM on January 27, 2023 [3 favorites]

I love to take pictures of dogs. Here are some of my favorites:

Reese in Santa Monica

Guard dogs in Font Salada

Shakedown in High Park

Skid Row, LA

Mastiff in High Park

Shakedown hypnotizing squirrels

Shocked Henry in Mar Vista

Judd in Venice

Guard dogs in Oliva, Spain

Bailey in Beverly Glen

Kara High Park

Coco in Vanuatu

Buster in Studio City

Henry in Venice Canals

Pico in Santa Monica

Reese Christmas

Rolo Beverly Glen

Bailey bathtub

Bailey and Rolo
posted by dobbs at 2:35 PM on January 27, 2023 [9 favorites]

Love it.
If anyone wants to buy photos of cute dogs...at this time of the year you can't go past Avalanche (Avy) rescue dogs...some of the very bestest doggos around who keep millions of skiers safe....and their calendars:

Utah - Good Boys and Girls of the Wasatch Calendar - in support of the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue (WBR)
Colorado - Tincup Whiskey 2023 Avalanche Dog Calendar in support of the Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment

More Avy Dogs (from many to choose!)
Jackson Hole, WY
Mammoth Mountain, CA
Taos, NM
Northstar, CA
Beaver Creek, CO
posted by inflatablekiwi at 2:38 PM on January 27, 2023 [4 favorites]

🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
posted by clavdivs at 2:57 PM on January 27, 2023 [2 favorites]

I had the same thought as The corpse in the library - I expected more POV shots of squirrels, cats, etc. running away.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:59 PM on January 27, 2023 [3 favorites]

"Phodography" Awards, you mean.
posted by not_on_display at 3:15 PM on January 27, 2023 [8 favorites]

Yay! These are all great. I especially love all the action ones, and the kids+dogs.
posted by obfuscation at 3:27 PM on January 27, 2023 [1 favorite]

OMG! Look at that tiny baby in his hands. So smol! So sweet! So...

:: cute overload::

::reboot::

AWWWWWW!
posted by Splunge at 4:06 PM on January 27, 2023 [2 favorites]

It's not going to win any prizes, but here's my favorite photo of my foster dog Jasper.
posted by peeedro at 6:44 PM on January 27, 2023 [14 favorites]

was kind of hoping this would be awards for photographs taken by dogs but this is a pretty good consolation prize
posted by Kybard at 7:20 PM on January 27, 2023

How is it not "phodography?!"
posted by rhizome at 9:27 PM on January 27, 2023 [3 favorites]

needs more Copper
posted by philip-random at 9:34 PM on January 27, 2023 [2 favorites]

I find myself wanting to know the names of the dogs, and wondering why they are not included.
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 2:07 AM on January 28, 2023 [3 favorites]

I find myself wanting to know the names of the dogs, and wondering why they are not included.

It’s so they can live a normal life without having to worry about being harassed by the puparazzi.
posted by azpenguin at 5:25 AM on January 28, 2023 [13 favorites]

Some great shots there, though I feel like some of those dogs need a lot more cuddling. By me.

I really hated the site design, though. That giant floating X to close the window made me not want to keep looking.

Meanwhile, all of the people with dogs photos looked like bad Hallmark cards to me. The dogs looked great in them, but there was enough schmaltz there to hide a year's worth of heartworm pills inside.
posted by Mchelly at 4:32 PM on January 28, 2023 [1 favorite]