8. Pit Bulls & Passion w/Sophie Gamand

In episode 8, Melissa and Cody aim to break stigmas for the voiceless Pit Bull. The couple share a powerful conversation with French artist Sophie Gamand, an animal advocate and the creator of the photo series Pit Bull Flower Power. Sophie visits animal shelters and photographs shelter-dogs to help pups get adopted. To face her own fears, Sophie began creating beautiful flower crowns for Pit Bulls to wear, these photos ultimately let to Pit Bull Flower Power, which has become one of the most powerful tools in today’s pit bull advocacy worldwide. The trio discuss the stigmas of the Pit Bull, society's relationship with dogs in general, and what is next the creative Sophie herself.

We are left asking ourselves 2 questions - what can we do to make a difference, and what beautiful thing will Sophie do next.

Sophie Gamand is a French award-winning photographer and animal advocate living and working in New York. Since 2010, she has been focusing on dogs and our relationship with them. Sophie travels around the U.S. (and abroad) photographing shelter dogs and at-risk dogs to raise awareness of their fate, tell their stories, and help them get adopted. Her most known projects are Wet Dog (miserable dogs at bath time) and Pit Bull Flower Power (for which she has crowned about 450 shelter pit bulls with flowers).

Learn more about Sophie and her work by visiting sophiegamand.com 

To see more of her work check out her Instagram and Facebook

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