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Fat Cats: Large and In Charge, A Sweet Portrait Book That Captures the Lovability of Portly Felines

by Lori Dorn on October 4, 2016

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A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Sep 20, 2016 at 11:17am PDT

Fat Cats: Large and in Charge is a beautiful portrait series by Toronto-based photographer Pete Thorne that captures the lovability of portly felines that truly belie their gruff exteriors. As he did with his previous project “Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age”, Thorne will be posting a new fat cat portrait every day on social media and is currently raising funds through Kickstarter to turn this photo series into a book.

Similar to my previous senior dog book OLD FAITHFUL: Dogs of a Certain Age, I realized that larger, chubby cats were somewhat under represented in popular culture in favor of more svelte, slimmer cats. I decided it was time to celebrate them and put them in the spotlight. Having photographed a large number of cats so far and having speaking to their owners one thing became clear: you own a dog, but a cat owns you. They are in charge. This is reflected in these stories and images. Fat Cats intends to honour 75 of these cuddly creatures in a 150 page 8×10 hard cover coffee table book with thoughtful tributes from their owners and, most importantly, 150 beautiful photographs of these chubby cats.

A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Sep 21, 2016 at 10:12am PDT

A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Sep 22, 2016 at 10:57am PDT

A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Sep 26, 2016 at 10:59am PDT

A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Oct 1, 2016 at 8:02am PDT

A photo posted by Fat Cats / Old Faithful Photo (@pete.thorne.photo) on Sep 30, 2016 at 9:22am PDT

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