요르단 암만 출신의 사진작가 로버트 바하우는 사람들에게 가장 가깝고 친숙한 동물, 개와 고양이의 초상을 찍어왔다.

그 프로젝트의 결과물이 '애니멀 소울(Animal Soul)'이라는 제목의 사진집이다. 바하우는 지난해 사진집 종이책 출간을 위해 진행한 킥스타터 소개 영상에서 '동물들은 카메라가 뭔지 모른다고 본다, 렌즈를 의식해 사진이 잘 나오도록 표정을 바꾸거나 감정을 숨기지도 않는다'며 정말 솔직하고 검열을 거치지 않은 순간을 포착한 결과물을 많은 사람들에게 보여주고 싶다고 말했다.

사진집은 아마존 등에서 구입할 수 있다.

인스타그램에도 공유된 사진들의 일부를 아래에서 보자.

Scuba

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Onni was a little skeptical of all my gear. #dog #dogsofinstagram #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #lovedogs #dogstagram #dogs_of_instagram #instagramdogs #instadog #doggy #doggie #hond #hund #soul

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He was dissatisfied, but posed nonetheless. Davino is essentially a cloud with a cat inside it. #birman #cloudcat #cat #catsofinstagram #cats #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #catstagram #ipcats #cats_of_instagram #lovecats #catoftheday #kitty #kitties #kitten #feline #catlove #catlovers #cutecat

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Susi the happy #husky

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A bengal couple (1 of 2) #animalsoul #cat

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A bengal couple (2 of 2) #animalsoul #cat

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An outtake of Freek (pronounced frayk). He's a man of many faces. Photo 1 of 3 of my #UK day, as he's a #bullmastiff, a quintessentially British dog breed. #dog #dogsofinstagram #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #puppiesforall #puppygram #instadog #instagramdogs #lovedogs #dogstagram #dogs_of_instagram #instagramdogs #dogoftheday #puppygr4m

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Brown sugar the suave chihuahua

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Fhiroz, an Afghan. He has better hair than most people.

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Django the pitbull. He didn't trust us when we said the camera wouldn't hurt him. #animalsoul #pitbull #dog #dogsofinstagram

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They were a little distracted. #animalsoul #ragdollcat #cat #catsofinstagram

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Manchu the quizzical. #animalsoul #dog #dogsofinstagram

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"The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat" - Jules Verne #cat #catsofinstagram #orientalshorthair

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It's Sunday morning and I'm working. Koebi here understands me.

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The happy family. An outtake. #animalsoul #dogs #bernesemountaindog

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Camila 'crazy eyes'. Each photo of her was more intense than the next. #catsofinstagram #cats #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #catstagram #cats_of_instagram #lovecats #catoftheday #catoftheweek #catoftheweek #norwegianforestcat #norwegian

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I think Tippi was bored. Thanks to @karinvanelck #animalsoul #pixiebob #cat #catsofinstagram #cats #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #catstagram #ipcats #cats_of_instagram #lovecats #catoftheday #kitty #kitties #kitten #feline #catlove #catlovers #cutecat #cat

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Gin, the dictator

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Lissie, scared of everything.

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Ocho the friendly Lapphund.

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Quiomme is one happy cat. Featured in my upcoming book Animal Soul, available to preorder for one more week toon Kickstarter! #animalsoul #cat #catsofinstagram #cats #portrait #studio #photography #catstagram #ipcats #cats_of_instagram #lovecats #catoftheday #kitty

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Poker was a little tired. [Photo 1 of 2].

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Katsuo. He didn't appreciate my jokes.

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Bengal was found on the streets of Portugal. Her ear is always like that. #dog #dogsofinstagram #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #instadog #instagramdogs #lovedogs #dogstagram #dogs_of_instagram #dogoftheday #rescuedog #rescue

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He was a little shy. His father is featured as my Instagram profile picture. #puppy #pup #samoyeds #samoyed #puppytrip #puppiesforall #puppygr4m #puppygram #puppystagrams #puppystagram #instasamoyeds

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Smoke reminds me of a real life Marie from Aristocats. #cat #catsofinstagram #cats #portrait #studio #photography #blackbackground #eyes #heterochromia #aristocats #ipcats #catstagram #catlover

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I always feel as though Curly is leaning in to tell me something. #catsofinstagram #cats #devonrex

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Animal Soul is now available on Amazon UK. If you have it and enjoyed it I would love it I you could leave a review. #animalsoul #dog #photography #artbook #published #samoyed

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h/t mymodernmet