Walter Chandoha, a 96-year-old American photographer, has been photographing cats for nearly 70 years.
In his photographic career, he has published 30 books, and his cats have become the covers of more than 300 magazines, and countless advertisements have been written by him.
As a young man, Walter loved photography, and at that time he spent all day in the library, flipping through all the books about photography in the library and studying himself diligently.
During World War II, he worked as a journalist and war correspondent. After the war, he seemed to need a more stable and lucrative job, and at one point considered switching to marketing.
Until he met a stray cat, his life trajectory changed completely...
On a cold night with snow in the sky, he spotted a kitten shivering in the snow on his way home. If you freeze like this again, the life of the kitten may be in danger, but in a short period of time, you do not know who to give the kitten to.
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to take the kitten home and adopt it, giving it the name Loco
Loco is lively and active, and Walter Chandoha, who has become a cat slave, often takes pictures of Loco and records its various moments, at that time he asks himself, do you want to become an advertiser who can make a lot of money, or do you want to do what you like, to be a cat photographer?
Walter chose to do what he loved, even though the job was fraught with instability and wouldn't necessarily pay off handsomely. But he loves cats and loves photography. In this way, Walter became a cat photographer.
Walter is good at capturing the funny moments of cats, because of his heartfelt love for cats, he also has a lot of ideas.
Soon, Walter's photos were more and more liked
Greeting cards, magazines, cat food brands, toy brands, etc. have come to the door and asked him to take pictures of the cats.
Remember that time: The old man proudly said, "When you saw the photos in these magazines and cat food, 90% of them were taken by me!" ”
The most widely circulated photo of the greeting card was also taken by Walter.
In the photo is his daughter, a small meow lying on her shoulder, and he captures the moment when the person meows and grins
Cats are naturally curious, and Walter can always capture these moments
To date, he has taken more than 200,000 cat photos and published dozens of photo albums
It is inevitable that he will get bored with doing something for many years, but Walter has not, and his love for cats has not changed.
Look, this cat's posture is very skilled.
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