Michael Crouser was born in 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from Saint John's University (Collegeville, MN) with a degree in English. He began making pictures in earnest at the age of fourteen when he set up a darkroom in his parents' basement. The images for Dog Run were made in the urban dog parks of Minneapolis and New York.

Viking Studio, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, is a publisher of high quality illustrated books. We're especially thrilled to be publishing Dog Run as it offers a unique view of dogs at play through dazzling photographs, and is a fresh look in the dog book genre. For more information on Viking Studio and our upcoming books, visit us.penguingroup.com

The photographs for 'Dog Run' were captured on Kodak Professional Tri-X black and white film provided by Kodak. Crouser shoots Kodak Professional Tri-X film exclusively.