11 x 12 Format: cloth Price: $58.00 2012

It’s a familiar image: a husky-mix mutt clipped to a line of other dogs surging through snow somewhere along the Iditarod trail. Albert Lewis, a professional photographer and dog-lover, was skeptical of the lives of sled dogs when he first moved to Alaska, but a brief experience at the Iditarod starting line changed his mind permanently. In turn, he took his camera and set out to change the image of sled dogs just as permanently.

In Born to Run, Lewis stops the dogs long enough to let us see their personality, to understand the unique qualities that make each dog an important part of a canine team we’ll never be able to experience.

Albert Lewis pursued his career in photography, design, and art direction on both coasts before moving to Alaska. While in Anchorage, he fell in love with the working dogs of the Iditarod.