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Louis the Maltese Photo wins American Humane Grand Prize

Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Mark in News

On Monday I got one of those phone calls that pretty much makes your week. It was American Humane Association calling to let me know I’d just won the grand prize in their Pets and Pals photo contest. A couple of months ago my friend Karen Nichols (host of the excellent Cat’s Meow blog on Catster and also the famous Skeezix the Cat’s mom) gave me the heads up on this and I submitted a few shots. Frankly, I’d completely forgotten about it.

Needless to say, I’m completely flabbergasted and honored. The photo that won is one of my favorites from  this year. It’s a shot of a cute Maltese named Louis taken in my backyard studio called “Give Me Paw”. It was one of those on-a-whim deals where I thought it might look cool if I got on my back and got Louis looking down from above. Of course, right after the shot was taken he jumped on my stomach but at least he’s a Maltese and not a Mastiff.

Give Me Paw

Thanks again to Karen and Skeezix for the heads up on the contest in the first place and also to the good folks at the American Humane Association.

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Tags: American Humane Society, Award, Prize