Perfect Imperfection: Photographer Documents The Beauty Of Animals With Disabilities
From dogs with three legs to cats born without eyes, Perfect Imperfection celebrates the intrinsic beauty of adorable animals who have overcome adversity and adapted to a physical impairment.
Photographed with care and sensitivity by leading Australian animal photography professional, Alex Cearns of Houndstooth Studio, each image leads with the beauty of the animal subject, making their physical issue almost a subtle afterthought.
Cearns says “One of my most passionate aims taking these animal portraits is to capture the adorable subtleties that make all creatures precious and unique. I love every beautiful animal I have the privilege of photographing, but those perceived as “different” hold a special place in my heart. These are the creatures who have lost a leg, been born without eyes, or are still showing the scars of former abuse. Most animals with “afflictions” don’t dwell on them. They adapt to their bodies without complaint and they survive with determination. These unusual animals push on, always, wanting to be included and involved in everything as much as they can, and as much as an able-bodied pet does.”
This beautiful photo series is dedicated to Savannah and Rowdy. Both lived with dignity and joy (RIP).
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After constant eye issues, Scrappy had both his eyes removed
Kitten Nimh had both eyes removed after complications from birth
Oompah suffered from mange was rescued and adopted through the Dogs’ Refuge Home of WA
Baby Goat from RSPCA WA who had a broken leg
One eyed Louie
3 legged greyhound Hannah, adopted through Greyhound Angels WA
A blind kitten rescued and cared for by the Bali Animal Welfare Association
Jack the one eyed Pug
Savannah, the beloved Rottweiler had an groundbreaking implant placed into the bone of her front left leg after having half amputated due to an aggressive cancer. RIP
Blind Mia from the Bali Animal Welfare Association
Rupert the 3 legged rescue kitten
Beloved pet Rowdy, who had her front leg removed due to an aggressive cancer. RIP
A baby dove rescued by Todd and Kirsty Gogol, who required an eye and partial skull amputation due to an infection
Bali Pip has mange, rescued by the Bali Animal Welfare Association
Spike the pink and grey Galah was rescued by Possum Valley Animal Sanctuary
A 3 legged rescue puppy saved by the Bali Animal Welfare Association
Rescue pooch Andie from Dogs’ Refuge Home of WA who had mange
Bali Pip who has mange, rescued by the Bali Animal Welfare Association
Barbara, a victim of abuse, who received head and skull injuries, rescued and adopted through RSPCA WA
3 legged greyhound Hannah, adopted through Greyhound Angels WA
Blind puppy Ray Charles was born with out properly formed eyes and was saved by Saving Animals From Euthanasia (SAFE) Perth
Snoopy the 3 legged beagle from the Dogs’ Refuge Home of WA
Beloved pet Rowdy, who had her front leg removed due to an aggressive cancer. RIP
Puppy Spike was suffering from mange and was rescued and adopted through Best Friends Animal Rescue
A 3 legged pup rescued by the RSPCA WA
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I have a rescue pure bred golden retriever puppy that was born without eyes that I took in after his "award winning breeder" slapped him on my reception desk and asked my clinic to kill him. He is now 1.5 years old and is in drug/bomb detection and search and rescue :) I would love to be contacted for a photoshoot!
First of all, let me say, One Eyed Louie has got to be the cutest thing I ever did see. I could love every last one of them, with their perfect imperfections.
My cat Snow doesn't look like them becase i always treated him as he was as the way he was born with his both eyes as he never losted one eye in a cat's fight kissing his both eyes in his living life telling him the his other eye was in heaven taking care of us from heaven making feel lucky as he was and still.And he always looked as a cat with his both eyes..secure..beautiful ..sexy and intelligent..smart letting me this lesson for my life.Never letting him cry from that eye.. with a quick kiss on it..to go on with our life.
My cat Snow doesn't look like them, because i always treated him as the he was born with his two eyes never as a cat that lost an eye in a cat's fight because even being together in his living life i kissed his both eyes and i used to tell him that his other eye was in heaven taking care of both making him lucky as he was and still.
I would Love and Care for all of these poor creatures. I love animals If I ever find a genie my wish is to save all the animals in the world.............................Great Pictures
they r all still beautiful r.i.p to all the ones that have gone to rainbow bridge!
How can you abuse an animal? I just don't understand that. Never will....
Mangue seems to be a current illness amongst dogs, no? Still, I would adopt any of these little ones if I could.
I adopted a blinded dog 5 years ago. And I would do this every time again. There is no reason why not!!
I've been involved in cat rescue/fostering for 9 years... I have 6 cats now of my own... one is deaf, one is blind, one has a permanent limp due to illness as a kitten, one came to me with both front legs broken... I could be forgetting someone's issue.... I love them all!
They are all beautiful but Bali Pip will stay in my mind for a very long time...what an angel
You can see the love in their eyes and a lot of us people have a disability (including me) but have MANY, MANY abilities
Also, our one eyed dog is the sweetest boy ever, and we’re thinking about registering him for therapy dog training.
I have a 6 year old mini Aussie with only one eye. I hasn’t been surgically removed though, since it does no harm to him, so he has one weird eye that some people think is gross.
I've always wanted a three-legged dog, but already have one dog, two cats, two birds, and four rats.... It's like having your own personal zoo :)
I have a cat with 3legs (Lalo) and a double Merle Australian mixed dog (Helen is blind and deaf)...
I have a rescue pure bred golden retriever puppy that was born without eyes that I took in after his "award winning breeder" slapped him on my reception desk and asked my clinic to kill him. He is now 1.5 years old and is in drug/bomb detection and search and rescue :) I would love to be contacted for a photoshoot!
First of all, let me say, One Eyed Louie has got to be the cutest thing I ever did see. I could love every last one of them, with their perfect imperfections.
My cat Snow doesn't look like them becase i always treated him as he was as the way he was born with his both eyes as he never losted one eye in a cat's fight kissing his both eyes in his living life telling him the his other eye was in heaven taking care of us from heaven making feel lucky as he was and still.And he always looked as a cat with his both eyes..secure..beautiful ..sexy and intelligent..smart letting me this lesson for my life.Never letting him cry from that eye.. with a quick kiss on it..to go on with our life.
My cat Snow doesn't look like them, because i always treated him as the he was born with his two eyes never as a cat that lost an eye in a cat's fight because even being together in his living life i kissed his both eyes and i used to tell him that his other eye was in heaven taking care of both making him lucky as he was and still.
I would Love and Care for all of these poor creatures. I love animals If I ever find a genie my wish is to save all the animals in the world.............................Great Pictures
they r all still beautiful r.i.p to all the ones that have gone to rainbow bridge!
How can you abuse an animal? I just don't understand that. Never will....
Mangue seems to be a current illness amongst dogs, no? Still, I would adopt any of these little ones if I could.
I adopted a blinded dog 5 years ago. And I would do this every time again. There is no reason why not!!
I've been involved in cat rescue/fostering for 9 years... I have 6 cats now of my own... one is deaf, one is blind, one has a permanent limp due to illness as a kitten, one came to me with both front legs broken... I could be forgetting someone's issue.... I love them all!
They are all beautiful but Bali Pip will stay in my mind for a very long time...what an angel
You can see the love in their eyes and a lot of us people have a disability (including me) but have MANY, MANY abilities
Also, our one eyed dog is the sweetest boy ever, and we’re thinking about registering him for therapy dog training.
I have a 6 year old mini Aussie with only one eye. I hasn’t been surgically removed though, since it does no harm to him, so he has one weird eye that some people think is gross.
I've always wanted a three-legged dog, but already have one dog, two cats, two birds, and four rats.... It's like having your own personal zoo :)
I have a cat with 3legs (Lalo) and a double Merle Australian mixed dog (Helen is blind and deaf)...
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