Dimensions: unconfirmed: 390 x 305 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Keith Arnatt | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Here we have Keith Arnatt's photograph, "Walking the Dog," from the Tate collection. It's a black and white image, quite still and quiet. The dog and the artist seem... well, stoic. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It strikes me as an incredibly tender portrait, almost a mirror. Arnatt seems to be asking, "Where do we find ourselves when we are walking the dog?". A philosophical musing on the mundane, perhaps? Editor: That's interesting, I hadn't considered that. I was so focused on the stillness. Curator: It's in the stillness that the question arises, don’t you think? It makes you wonder what unspoken stories are happening between the dog and his human. Editor: True! So much can be said when so little is shown. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Curator: My pleasure. It’s all about seeing the world through a different dog collar, isn't it?
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Walking the Dog is a large series of black and white photographs of individuals standing outside with their dogs. While the locations depicted in the photographs vary from street pavements and country lanes to parks and gardens, all the images in this series share consistent formal characteristics: in each case the single owner stands full-length in the centre of the image facing the camera with the dog at their feet, and no other human or animal can be seen within the tightly framed square shot.
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