Martin Usborne

Hauntingly beautiful photographs of dogs in cars.

As a child, photographer Martin Usborne was once left in a car. This was not for long, but he wondered if anyone would come back. Around the same age he fell in love with dogs - they could not speak, just as he felt he was silent in that car. Thirty years later the two experiences came together in this cinematic and darkly humorous project that looks at the way humans are able to silence the animals they love best. No dogs were harmed in the making of this project.

Every winter throughout Spain it is estimated that up to one hundred thousand hunting dogs are abandoned or killed at the end of the hare-coursing season when they are no longer needed, perform badly, or are too old.

This book portrays dogs that have been rescued and sets them against the landscapes in Spain where they are typically abandoned. Shot in a style that references the tone and mood of Velázquez, who painted at a time when these dogs were treated with great respect, Martin Usborne's photographs show both the classical beauty of the animals and the ugliness of their modern situation.

An old man's humorous and touching account of life told through stunning photographs and hilarious quotes.

This is the story of Joseph Markovitch, a vulnerable old man with a great sense of humor who lived in London his entire life. Joe loves Nicolas Cage films, has five sugars in his tea, and he has quite bad catarrh. Dealing with quintessential subject matter such as childhood, art, work, relationships and religion in a playful but touching way, Joseph provides thought-provoking commentary on the state of the modern world.