Photographer Sophie Gamand is no stranger to dogs, having worked with the furry animals in her previous photo projects. This time, Gamand featured her favorite subjects in a distinctly darker light in her photo series, ‘Dead Dog Beach’.
Sophie Gamand, together with founder Chrissy Beckles from The Sato Project, visited the Dead Dog Beach in Puerto Rico to document the stray dogs, referred to as “Satos” by the locals, that were dumped at the beach every day.
According to Gamand, while some dogs seemed to be suffering, others organized themselves into packs to survive.
Through her project, Gamand pondered if we should help these dogs, or are they better off adjusting themselves to their new environment.
“Could the dogs of Dead Dog Beach survive on their own? If not, why can’t they? Has our bond with dogs made us so codependent that we feel the need to rescue them, and has it made dogs unfit for life in the wild?” said Gamand.