The original viral cat photographer
Before the internet made cat photos trendy, Walter Chandoha made them a thing
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Walter Chandoha: The Cat Photographer is available this October from Aperture
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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