Mathias De Lattre is French photographer who focuses mainly on portraits. His personal site is in French and Spanish, so I was unable to read from it. However, this series of dog portraits captures rescued Iberian greyhounds. Greyhounds are popular hunting dogs in southern Europe, especially in Spain. Once hunters have used a dog to its capacity, they are left in the woods to starve and fend for themselves. Mathias de Lattre grew up with greyhounds in his family and felt the need to tell these dogs silent story. She named the series Salvados which means 'saved' in Spanish. These rescued dogs were extremely fearful, so De Lattre took time to get to know each dog to ensure that it was comfortable with him. De Lattre enjoyed photographing these rescued dogs because unlike humans, they have no fear of the camera, they show no artifices. He has chosen to donate half of the proceeds of these photographs to organizations that benefit these rescued animals.
I absolutely love animal portraits. It is so sad that animals cannot chose for themselves how they are treated at the hand of a human, yet these dogs have survived. Each face and stature tells a story about it's past and the soul that lives within. The fact that De Lattre chose a certain breed that was close to his heart and had a story to tell makes these pictures so powerful. He wanted to give these dogs a beautiful image.
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