08/26/2026
🐾 “It seems to be my mission in life to wait on a dog” 🐾
In 1952, two blue chow chow puppies, Bo and Chia, entered Georgia O’Keeffe’s life. The artist had moved permanently to New Mexico three years earlier, and the dogs became her constant companions throughout her day. She went on to become a card-carrying member of The Chow Chow Club, Inc. and raised a total of six chows.
Of all the dogs, Bo remained O'Keeffe's favorite. When he died, she buried him beneath a cedar tree but always imagined him elsewhere. "I like to think that probably he goes running and leaping through the White Hills alone in the night.”
Photographer John Loengard captured these photos of O’Keeffe for Magazine for a story on the artist at her Ghost Ranch. Following the artist throughout her day, Loengard shows the O’Keeffe doing what she loved, caring for her “little people.”
🐶 Happy !
📸: Dog Grooming, Abiquiu (33 of 48) by John Loengard, 1966 (printed later). Gelatin silver print on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Pat and John Rosenwald. © John Loengard.
📸: Evening Walk, Ghost Ranch (47 of 48) by John Loengard, 1966 (printed later). Gelatin silver print on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Pat and John Rosenwald. © John Loengard.
📸: Ghost Ranch (8 of 48) by John Loengard, 1966 (printed later). Gelatin silver print on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Pat and John Rosenwald. © John Loengard.
📸: Evening Walk, Ghost Ranch (45 of 48) by John Loengard, 1966 (printed later). Gelatin silver print on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Pat and John Rosenwald. © John Loengard.
