PHOTOGRAPHER ROBIN SCHWARTZ is an only child. She takes pictures of her only child, Amelia. Together, she claims they “play out our eccentricities in worlds where she and animals not only co-exist, but also interact.” Her photos, which often feature Amelia with an array of exotic animals, are strange and compelling.
On her nonhuman subjects, Robin says: “Animals and interspecies relationships have always been an important part of my work…My first monograph, a series of primates at home with humans, guided me to the places of my own childhood fantasies.” I, too, have always been fascinated with interspecies friendships.

Robin Schwartz’s images made me contemplate the connection between siblings and imagination. Do you think only children are more prone to having an imaginative sensibility because of their lack of early playmates?

I found Robin’s work through booooooom. Her complete collection of her photographs are featured here. She also has a lovely writeup on the Women in Photography website.

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T HIS LITTLE PIGGY reminds me of Wilbur…and I’ve always wanted to be Charlotte. Now there’s an amazing inter-species friendship!

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