Since meeting his first Weimaraner, Man Ray, in the 1970s, artist William Wegman has made the breed a central subject of his photographic and filmic work. Using his dogs as muses and collaborators, Wegman creates characters, comments on fashion, and engages art history with deadpan humour and quiet irony.
Across several generations — Man Ray, Fay Ray, Penny, Bobbin, Chip, Chundo, and Crooky — his work treats each image as the result of a partnership rather than a singular authorial act. Through anthropomorphism, the dogs become mirrors of human behaviour and emotion. For the festive season, SERVICE presents excerpts of FAY’S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (1995), with Fay Ray as the central protagonist.

Happy Holidays!