Artist Statement
At Your Service is a series of life size portraits featuring service dog teams. As I move through the day with my service dog, I often experienced an endless string of questions about my dog without direct engagement with me. This collection presents my photographs transformed into vector drawings, which allow for the life-sized presentation, placing the viewer in a situation similar to encountering the service dog team. Audio tracks (accessible via QR code) offer information, in the voice of the handler displayed, about what they would want someone to know about them that is beyond their canine companion. This collection encourages viewers to reimagine the first impression of a service dog handler, turning attention from the dog to the handler behind the dog.
