Living the dog days of summer, literally
Local photographer turns her passion for man’s best friend into the book
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The dog days don’t have to end with summer on Cape Cod.
Kim Roderiques, who says her absolute passion is dogs, captured the spirit of 205 different dogs enjoying their time at the Cape in her book, Dogs on Cape Cod. From clumsily playing in the sand to surveying the dunes majestically, the photos show what life is like for these furry, four-legged pets.
Roderiques got the inspiration for the book when her friends brought their puppy to the Cape from Arizona. She watched as the dog experienced everything about the beach for the first time—the sand, the ocean’s waves, the birds in the sky—with pure wonder and joy.
“It just kind of made me think about what dogs see for the first time and how they react,’’ she told Boston.com.
Roderiques met many of the dogs she photographed through her portrait business, where clients often brought their dogs along to pose for the family photo.
“They would say, ‘We don’t have to have the dog in every picture.’ ‘Yes, we do,’’’ she would answer. “I realized how obsessed I was with the dogs.’’
Roderiques, who has lived on Cape Cod for 40 years, owns two dogs herself: a black lab mix named Rooney, 11, and a yellow lab named Hank, 10. She rescued both of them, and loves to learn the stories behind each dog she meets and photographs.
“When it comes to dogs, people are so open and so proud to tell you anything and everything about their dog,’’ Roderiques said. “That’s what dogs do. They bring out something else that nothing else does.’’
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