Robin Olive Reich’s deep love for animals, and greyhounds in particular, led her to pick up a camera for the very first time in 2018, and travel to the deadliest greyhound racetrack on the planet, the Canidrome in Macau where 18,000 greyhounds had been killed. There she created heartfelt images of 532 surviving greyhounds that were abandoned when the track was forced to shut down, raising awareness of their plight not only in Macau, but around the world. Robin is a long time volunteer at a local greyhound rescue group and continues to advocate for greyhounds and galgos around the world. She is fortunate to live on beautiful Whidbey Island in the Salish Sea with her Welsh artist husband along with their rescued greyhounds and cats. Her award winning work is published and exhibited in the United States and abroad.
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Photography for Robin is a magical way of sharing our deepest spiritual and emotional connections with animals and the natural world, connections that so many humans have lost. It is also a meaningful way of telling stories that give voice to the voiceless, and bring light and beauty into even the darkest of places. It is her hope that the light through her lens illuminates human hearts and creates images that raise awareness so that they may be moved to protect and care for all the magnificent creatures of this earth.
