This Photographer Wanted To See If Humans Could Make Dog Faces. The Results Are Hilarious
"I'm not kidding, my dog seriously makes human faces," said just about every dog owner ever. At this point, cat people - and probably a decent number of others - are probably tired of hearing it (sorry, but it's not gonna stop).
But maybe the reason practically every dog owner says this, is because all dogs actually do make humanoid faces. In her ongoing series of portraits, German photographer Ines Opifanti not only captures dogs making these faces, but their owners humorously mimicking them too.
"Almost 3 years ago I adopted a puppy out of the blue."
"I quickly noticed her amazing ability to pull off almost human-like facial expressions."
"She even learned to smile like a human, whenever I rub her belly, she rolls around with a huge smile from ear to ear."
"But, what about the other way round? How easily can we humans “read†our dogs’ facial expressions?"
"I was very curious, so I invited over 30 people with their dogs to participate in this project."
"I noticed that dog people are really good at interpreting their own dogs’ often very subtle mimics."
"It’s really a fascinating thing, because we’re two completely different species."
Check out more of Ines' wonderful dog-people portraits on her website!