布鲁斯·韦伯（Bruce Weber）为始终陪伴在身边的金毛犬拍摄的照片

摄影师兼电影制作人布鲁斯·韦伯创作了大量的摄影作品，有艺术家、演员、运动员的人文主义肖像，充满情感、不敬、怀旧的时尚照片，表达了对色情主义的抒情赞美和对美国风景的田园式愿景。除了这些，还有他的金毛寻回犬。从一开始，韦伯的旅行中就有一群金毛寻回犬陪伴，它们出现在他的时尚活动、知名杂志和个人剪贴簿中。《金毛寻回犬摄影协会》是韦伯首部跨越职业生涯的照片集，其称为最个人的作品。在专著的序言中，韦伯说：“人们有时会对我说，‘下辈子，我想当你的陪伴犬’”。翻开这本书，我们就能够理解这种情绪。五十年来，这些金毛猎犬一直是韦伯想象力的来源，是他与妻子南·布什（Nan Bush）生活中的重要角色。这本书颂扬了人与动物的关系，阐明了宠物给人们带来创造力，陪伴和快乐。

Bruce Weber’s photographs of the dogs always by his side

The photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber is associated with a wide array of imagery: humanist portraits of artists, actors, and athletes; fashion spreads charged with emotion, irreverence, and nostalgia; lyrical tributes to eroticism and an arcadian vision of the American landscape. All these things—

and golden retrievers, too. Since the very beginning, Weber has been accompanied on his travels by a pack of these benevolent canines, who have populated his photographs for fashion campaigns, prominent magazines, and the pages of his personal scrapbooks in equal measure. The Golden Retriever Photographic Society is Weber’s first career-

spanning collection of these photographs, one he describes as his most personal. In the introduction to the monograph, Weber remarks, “People sometimes say to me, ‘In my next life, I want to come back as one of your dogs.’” Paging through this volume, we understand the sentiment. For five decades, these golden retrievers have been foils for Weber’s imagination, storybook characters in the expansive life he has created with wife, Nan Bush. This book celebrates the human-animal bond, illuminating how connection to one’s pets can fuel creativity, provide companionship, and foster an abundance of joy.