FREYA

Upon her golden throne

Meet Freya, my friend Maeve’s pointy-eared aging-like-fine-art husky. I have a glowing red weak spot for dogs, so when Maeve asked me about a photo shoot because there was a chance Freya’s cancer might be back I jumped at the chance.

Into the storm

We tried a few different scenes. First were candids inside Maeve’s apartment, before we moved outside to the fenced-in side lot next to her building. On our way out, the light was catching just right and turned the lobby’s plaster into a tapestry of texture and shadow. The sconces only drove the point home further: We had to shoot here too.

For Maeve, it was important that I captured one of Freya’s most defining characteristics — the latter’s dead eye. For me, I wanted to capture the bond the two share and the glimpse I got at Freya’s wild side.

Black and white doesn’t quite capture a dead eye the way color does

The good news? A few weeks ago, Maeve got word that Freya is currently cancer-free.