Rescue Tails: Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities

By Brian Nice and Beth Ostrosky Stern

The love between dogs and their people is a bond so exceptional it can be hard to put into words. So Brian Nice uses photographs instead -- nearly one hundred and fifty beautiful portraits of noted celebrities with the special dogs they love -- in a book that will delight both your eyes and your heart. The pictures and the quotes that accompany them are tributes to the countless ways a dog can make any person's life special, and Brian Nice has caught his celebrity subjects (both human and canine) as you may never have seen them before: relaxed, goofy, blissfully happy, and completely in love with their four-legged friends.

Brian Nice's own pug, Buster, whose enchanting photo graces the cover, is the inspiration for the book. After Buster was saved from blindness by a doctor recommended by the Humane Society of New York, Brian wanted to do something in return. This book is a special gift of thanks to them, and the author's proceeds will go to benefit both the Humane Society of New York and Much Love Animal Rescue in Los Angeles, both no-kill animal shelters.

A very special book about some very special dogs, Rescue Tails is a book to treasure, reminding us each and every day not only how much love and happiness dogs give us, but also what we can do in return, and of the opportunity we all have to make a difference in a dog's life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Release date: Nov 3, 2009
• ISBN: 9781439159767

Brian Nice

Brian Nice has worked as a fashion and beauty photographer for the past twenty years, with his work appearing in Elle, Cosmo, Self, Seventeen, Shape, Marie Claire, Red Magazine London, and Madame Figaro Paris. Brian and his father, the painter Don Nice, had a co-exhibition at the Pace Gallery in summer 2008. When he’s not traveling for work Brian is surfing off Montauk where he lives with his family and Buster, the pug who inspired this project.

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RESCUE TAILS

RESCUE TAILS

Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities

BRIAN NICE

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nice, Brian.

Rescue tails : portraits of dogs and their celebrities / by Brian Nice.

p. cm.

1. Dogs—Pictorial works. 2. Dog rescue—Pictorial works. 3. Celebrities—Portraits.

I. Title.

SF430.N53 2009

636.7092’2—dc22                                 2009022985

ISBN 978-1-4391-5276-8

ISBN 978-1-4391-5976-7 (ebook)

The author is donating 62.5 percent of his royalty advance for this book, and 100 percent of any additional royalties from the book (in both cases net of literary agent fees), in equal parts to the Humane Society of New York and Much Love Animal Rescue in Los Angeles. These are no-kill shelters dedicated to helping animals in need of medical care and new homes.

To my beautiful wife, Courtney, thank you for being so supportive;

my amazing daughter, Sam; and of course our dog, Buster

And in memory of my aunt, Barbara Morancey (Tia),

who