Four & Sons Magazine, 1st issue

The premiere issue of the best dog magazine, that pays homage to iconic photographer Elliott Erwitt, whose waggish black and whites of such figures as Marilyn Monroe and Fidel Castro are rivaled only by hundreds more of dogs. It explores artists whose work is inspired by dogs—Guggenheim Fellow Mark Ruwedel’s wistful pictures of abandoned doghouses in the desert, Sony Photography Award winner Sophie Gamand’s disarming portraits of sopping-wet dogs—and, conversely, those whose dogs inspire them. There are tales about dogs real (Nipper, the HMV dog) and imagined (Dave Eggers’ star-crossed mutt). And we’ve dug up an obscure collection by Peter Hujar—he of the infamous “Candy Darling on her Deathbed”—starring animals and nudes.

Featuring
Dave Eggers, Elliott Erwitt, Sophie Gamand, Kathy Grayson, Albert Hammond Jr., Peter Hujar, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Alexis Krauss, Mike Mills, Will Robson-Scott, Nathaniel Russell, Deanne Sarita Smart, David Shrigley, Hillary Taymour, Martin Usborne, Hellen van Meene, Justin Lee Williams, Nicolas Wilmouth.