Exceptionally Unique Series Of Photographs Is Revealing Dog's Emotions While Being Left Behind In The Car

Photographer Martin Usborne has created such an emotionally compelling series.

Ansa

• Published in Animal Stories
• September 29, 2021

If you haven't heard of him, allow us to introduce you to the outstanding work of photographer Martin Usborne. His series of photographs called The Silence of Dogs in Cars is one of a kind.

The pictures look straight out of a cinema screen an they are beautifully shot revealing all the emotions of the dogs sitting inside the cars in these pictures. An animal lover, Usborne relates this specific series of photographs to his personal childhood trauma of being left alone in the car when he was a child because even though it was not for a long time though but it left a mark on his memory.

Recalling the experience he shares:

“I was once left in a car at a young age. I don’t know when or where or for how long, possibly at the age of four, perhaps outside a supermarket, probably for fifteen minutes only, The details don’t matter. The point is that I wondered if anyone would come back. The fear I felt was strong: in a child’s mind it is possible to be alone forever."

He further added:

"Around the same age I began to feel a deep affinity with animals—in particular their plight at the hands of humans.”

This series holds deep meaning relating to fear of abandonment.

"What I didn’t expect, was to see so many subtle reactions by the dogs: some sad, some expectant, some angry, some dejected. It was as if upon opening up a box of gray-colored pencils I was surprised to see so many shades inside.”

Some of these pictures are also quite funny, not all are heart-wrenching. If you want to see more of Usborne's work, visit here: Website Facebook

His series The Silence of Dogs in Cars has now been published and can be bought here: Amazon

1. Prospero

2. Bear

3. Stan

4. Peggy 2

5. Bolt 2

6. Maus

7. Dasher

8. Hector 2

9. Margaux

10. Rosie

11. Prospero 2

12. Lola 2

13. Clover

Ansa