Playful Photo Booth Portraits Showcase Adoptable Dogs’ Sweet Personalities

There's no shortage of pets that need a good home, but how do you best show people that their new pal is waiting for them at the shelter? The Humane Society of Utah has an ingenious way of enticing potential owners to adopt homeless dogs. Photographer Guinnevere Shuster captured the pups' colorful personalities in a series of four small images that look delightfully candid and a lot of fun.

The photobooth-style portraits showcase a lot of tongue-wagging grins, and it's clear that the dogs are ready to play fetch at any moment. Shuster also saw some hilariously goofy faces and intense concentration as the pooches attempt to catch flying treats. These endearing images cast aside the “broken” stereotype and prove that these shelter dogs are going to make super pets.

There are more adorable canines on the Humane Society's Facebook page, and we're happy to see that many of the dogs in these photos are adopted!


Humane Society of Utah Facebook page
via [Design Taxi and 22 Words]

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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