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The Walter Chandoha Cats photography book documents a career spanning over seven decades of feline portraiture, beginning with a chance encounter with a stray kitten in 1949. Featuring photographs taken between 1942 and 2018, the collection presents Chandoha's work as a distinct discipline within art photography, drawing comparisons to Helmut Newton in fashion and Julius Shulman in architecture. Each frame reflects a careful, compassionate approach to animal subjects, capturing natural behaviour and expression with consistent technical precision. The book also serves as a retrospective tribute to Chandoha, who continued working until his passing in 2019 at the age of 98.
Fashion has Helmut Newton, architecture has Julius Shulman, and cat photography has Walter Chandoha. In 1949, his encounter with a stray kitten blossomed into a career that elevated feline portraiture to an art form. This is a tribute not just to these beguiling creatures but also to a remarkable photographer who passed away in 2019 at the age of 98; and whose compassion can be felt in each and every frame.
