LOCAL photographer John Slater has teamed up with the Bigger Picture Gallery in Crediton to showcase a series of portraits of people with their dogs.

The collection serves as a snapshot of contemporary lifestyle, with various people from all walks of life with their dogs.

The photographs are as much about the people as they are about our relationships with our pets, John made sure that each sitting was as real as possible, and quick decisions were made as to location and style, every image has a different treatment to help bring the collection a unique blend of how we are, how we live, our personalities and our dogs personalities.

There will be an exhibition in Crediton at the bigger picture gallery in early November and John is hoping to take the exhibition to London to a wider audience. John lives in Crediton and has a wealth of experience in photography and shoots lifestyle and people, past commissions have included work for Santander Bank, Procter and Gamble, The Girl Guides, Allianz and the New York Times to name but a few.