The Pringles specialize in humorous, whimsical photographs with their “dog people” — dogs with humanlike bodies. Their work can be seen in two books, the newly published “Happy Tails: The Call of Nature” and “Happy Tails: Earl and Pearl on the Farm” (2006). Click “Our Books” navigation link for more information.
The husband-and-wife team have worked together as photographers for 18 years and own Dogtown Artworks, located in rural Champaign County, Illinois. Cindy Pringle is an acclaimed photographer and past winner of the prestigious Ernst Haas Award as one of the nation’s top 100 photographers. Her husband, Kirby, is an award-winning journalist and photographer. Their work has been seen on everything from greeting cards to books to billboards — even an independent film, “Welcome to Tolono” by Mark Roberts.
“We’ve always taken photographs of our dogs and we decided six years ago to focus on ‘dog people,’” Cindy Pringle says. “We have a lot of fun coming up with the ideas and then watching them come to life.”
Cindy Pringle is a University of Illinois graduate and grew up in a small town in Central Illinois. Kirby Pringle, who was also raised in small-town Illinois, is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and was a feature writer for The News-Gazette in Champaign-Urbana, Ill., for 23 years. The couple are now full-time photographers and are working toward their goal of establishing a gallery and photography studio.
As photographers, they are represented by Corbis (search for Cynthia Pringle) and Next Day Art.
