Lewis Reed’s Pet Photography
While I was going through Lewis Reed’s photograph collection trying to get them all sorted, I started noticing how many images of people posing with pets and animals he had. I thought, everybody loves their pets. Everyone can relate to these photos. Most of the photos involve cats, but there are some depicting dogs, a pony, a squirrel, a cow, a chicken, a rabbit, and even a spider!
If you thought filling your camera roll with pet pics was a modern phenomenon, these photos prove otherwise. These never before seen pet photographs feature glimpses into the lives of every day people and their relationships with their pets at the turn of the 20th century.
Lady and a calf pose for their portrait on a farm. Photo by Lewis Reed
Family with a pony on the front porch. Photo by Lewis Reed
Girl with her pony. Photo by Lewis Reed
Girl riding in pony cart. Photo by Lewis Reed
Saddled up and ready to ride. Photo by Lewis Reed
Lewis Reed’s 3 year old daughter, Mary Jane, sitting on a pony. Photo by Lewis Reed
Man with his best friend. Photo by Lewis Reed
Man and his dog sitting on a horse in front of the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Virginia. Photo by Lewis Reed
Woman holding a rifle on a horse. Photo by Lewis Reed
Man on a horse. Photo by Lewis Reed
Woman feeding chickens. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat posing on chair. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat in corn stalks and leaves. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat relaxing in a chair. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat portrait. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat portrait. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cat ready to pounce. Photo by Lewis Reed
Lewis Reed’s daughter, Mary Jane, with her pet rabbit. Photo by Lewis Reed
Pet rabbit. Photo by Lewis Reed
Pet rabbit. Photo by Lewis Reed
Hunter and his dogs. Photo by Lewis Reed
Boy and his horse. Photo by Lewis Reed
Cows are not the most athletic of creatures, they tend to just stand around a lot, so must be pretty easy to capture in a photo.
Farmer posing with a dairy cow. Photo by Lewis Reed
Getting up close and personal with a chicken can’t be easy. I imagine my grandfather sitting in the backyard for hours with his lens pointed at whichever chicken is closest to him in an effort to get the perfect shot. It’s pretty amazing the texture and detail he captured in this photo.
Backyard chicken. Photo by Lewis Reed
White Squirrel. Photo by Lewis Reed
Lewis Reed’s daughter, Mary Jane, with a St Bernard. Photo by Lewis Reed
In the early 1900s, Lewis Reed also trained his camera on a part of the world most of us try to ignore: spiders. This photograph is incredibly unique, both for its subject matter and use of magnification that shows the spider in such detail.
Spider! Photo by Lewis Reed
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