Celebrities pose with their dogs for charity

A charity project has been undertaken by a portrait photographer where he captured a number of pictures of celebrities from the United Kingdom along with their pooches.

Renowned photographer Andy Gotts whose work is a regular feature in National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection, captured beautiful pictures of famous celebrities like Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Tilda Swinton and Fiona Bruce.

It’s a collaboration with a British charity ‘Guide Dogs’ that match canines with completely or partially visually challenged people in order to assist them.

It is the organization’s 90th anniversary, as well as the start of the Guide Dogs 90 Appeal, which seeks donations to ensure that it can continue to serve persons with vision loss for the next 90 years.

Walliams was photographed snuggling and kissing his border terriers Bert and Ernie while sitting on a sofa. The puppies mean “everything” to Walliams. He remarked that he could only imagine how special a person’s relationship was with their guide dog. Guide Dogs is such a wonderful organisation, and it is one of the first charities you hear about when you are a kid.

Squiddly, Diddly, Freddy, and Daisy, Cowell’s four Yorkshire terriers, sat for the photograph.

Tilda Swinton was also captured in black and white with Louis, her springer spaniel.

The first trained dog given to a pet parent was given in the year 1931. The charity claims that they are responsible for around 8400 pooches at any given time.  Gott realised that vision is the most important part of his career and so decided to help people who are visually challenged.

Phil Daniels, an English actor, posed with his dog Chico on his lap. He said that his dog had played a significant role in his life. Chico had been his friend since he lost his spouse to cancer nine years ago when he was a young dog, and he is now 14 years old and still going strong. He was a stray from Spain who needed to be looked after. He’s a black Russell, Daniels tells people. That makes Chico and Daniel laugh. He believes that the Guide Dogs organisation does an incredible job in spreading awareness, funding, and sponsorship to get the message out that more guide dogs are needed.