21. “I’m turning them into
mythical characters, I’m not
just making fools out of
them.”
22. Anthropomorphism
any attribution of human characteristics (or
characteristics assumed to belong only to
humans) to animals, non-living things
23. "I didn't talk…I just listened
to what he was listening to,
the whole aura of smells
and sounds and sights and
things that he was picking
up on during that day.
Most people who have
dogs see them as their
dogs: 'Come on, boy,' or
'Fetch' or pat-pat. But
they're really teeming with
their own thoughts."
How does this affect his
photographs?
25. Pick a photograph from your group’s book
and answer the following question:
What influenced William Wegman
when he photographed this picture?
Consider (but you are not limited to)
popular culture, well known stories,
society’s stereotypes and ideals, art
movements and artists, and
anthropomorphism.