William Wegman received Bachelors and then a Masters in fine arts for painting, but his career ended up being in the field of photography. His photography career started when he got a dog, a Weimaraner, he named Man Ray. This dog became the subject of most of his photographs until he got a second dog he named Fay Ray.
Wegman appeared on the Tonight Show in 1992 where he explained that he used a tennis ball to capture the dogs attention in the background in order to get the photos he got. Wegman was also a artist in residence at Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts and the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he received the colleges Distinguished Alumni Award. Not only did he make an appearance on the Tonight Show, he was also on Animal Planets "Dogs 101" and Sesame Street. His photos also hold permanents residence in the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Wegman appeared on the Tonight Show in 1992 where he explained that he used a tennis ball to capture the dogs attention in the background in order to get the photos he got. Wegman was also a artist in residence at Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts and the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he received the colleges Distinguished Alumni Award. Not only did he make an appearance on the Tonight Show, he was also on Animal Planets "Dogs 101" and Sesame Street. His photos also hold permanents residence in the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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