Sophie Gamand is a French award-winning photographer, artist and animal advocate living and working in Los Angeles. Her most known series are Wet Dog and Pit Bull Flower Power.

Sophie is passionate about rescue dogs. Using her art as an advocacy tool, Sophie explores the intersection between humankind and dogs, and what this millennia-old bond reveals about our humanity. 

Since 2010, Sophie has traveled around the U.S. (and abroad) to photograph shelter dogs and at-risk dogs. By telling their stories on her social media, Sophie helps these dogs find homes, and brings support to the nonprofits that care for them.

For her acclaimed series Pit Bull Flower Power, Sophie has photographed over 450 shelter pit bulls wearing handmade flower crowns. Shared on Sophie’s popular social media accounts, the portraits often lead to adoptions. Some of Sophie’s models waited up to 8 years before their portraits connected them with an adopter. Pit Bull Flower Power has become one of the most powerful tools in today’s pit bull advocacy worldwide, changing the public’s perception and renewing the conversation around these misunderstood dogs, while saving countless lives.

Sophie’s images create a ripple effect. By engaging her community, and leveraging her social media presence, Sophie has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for various animal nonprofits around the world.