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I Take Photos Of Stray Cats To Raise Awareness Of Abandoned Pets
I Take Photos Of Stray Cats To Raise Awareness Of Abandoned Pets
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I Take Photos Of Stray Cats To Raise Awareness Of Abandoned Pets

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For the past few years I’ve enjoyed taking photos of my two cats at home. They were all I knew about cats besides those sweet photos of happy kitties that you can see almost anywhere in the web.

But one day as I was walking in a park I noticed a few cats walking around. They immediately felt I was following them and they went to hide in an abandoned building nearby. I went back the day after that and I found out that those cats where taken care of by a group of volunteers who daily provided them with food and fresh water. They had made shelters for those cats in some abandoned buildings so they could have a warm and dry place to go to in cold winter days.

I started to go back there very often and I became familiar with the world of colonies and stray cats. For almost two years I’ve been taking photos of these cats. I immediately decided they had to be in black and white because I wanted my work to be a documentary shooting to raise awareness on abandoned cats. You will find no romantic pictures in this reportage. You will find no cute kitties playing with colorful toys. But you will see real cats living their life in the real world.

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    Sabrina Boem

    Sabrina Boem

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    I am a photographer and a cat lover. I put these two passions together and I'm working on several documentary projects involving family, stray and shelter cats. I work with shelters and sanctuaries, I take photos of their cats to make people discover the world of colony cats and then I like to take photos of my two cats at home to make memories of our daily life together.

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    Sabrina Boem

    Sabrina Boem

    Author, Community member

    I am a photographer and a cat lover. I put these two passions together and I'm working on several documentary projects involving family, stray and shelter cats. I work with shelters and sanctuaries, I take photos of their cats to make people discover the world of colony cats and then I like to take photos of my two cats at home to make memories of our daily life together.

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    MadameButterfly
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor souls,I wish I could rescue them all!!! :,(

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily there are people taking care of them daily, they have food and water. Thay need a family, but there are too many :-\

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    Mewling Grace
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could be very rich. So I could provide sanctuary and love for all of the animals in need.

    Dyana Gilmore
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are nice pictures, I love b&w photography, and cats, lol.

    MadameButterfly
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor souls,I wish I could rescue them all!!! :,(

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily there are people taking care of them daily, they have food and water. Thay need a family, but there are too many :-\

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    Mewling Grace
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could be very rich. So I could provide sanctuary and love for all of the animals in need.

    Dyana Gilmore
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are nice pictures, I love b&w photography, and cats, lol.

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