David Sutton didn’t wake up one morning proclaiming, “I want to be a pet photographer!” When he was very small, he wanted to be a veterinarian. When he got a little bigger, he decided he wanted to be a photographer. So naturally David attended four universities over seven years and got a degree in…German.

Thankfully, David’s passion for photography never waned. His passion for shooting editorial photos of computer types and CEOs for a living however, eventually did.

Never would he have guessed that, in his thirties, his two earliest career aspirations would collide. Enter Zane!, a border Collie/Cattle dog with enough energy to warrant an exclamation point at the end of his name. One day in 1993, after a sitting with a corporate type in his studio, David planted his new dog Zane! on the backdrop and started shooting. The results were fantastic. So are the highlights of his career.

Sutton’s portraits of people and their pets have been featured extensively in national media including the Today Show and Animal Planet, as well as in the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Chicago Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business. He has also exhibited his work in numerous venues including Hermés of Paris and Takishimaya New York.

David lives with his wife and daughter in Deerfield, Illinois.

To see more of David’s work, visit www.suttonstudios.com.

To schedule your portrait sitting, call us at 847.679.8090 or write us at info@suttonstudios.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

Exhibitions

• 1985 Faces in Bloomington Music
• 1986 Bloomington Writers in Black & White
• 1994 Stagebill Portraits
• 1995 -2006 Exhibited black and white portraits of dogs and people with their pets in over a dozen different locales in and around Chicago and the North Shore.
• 2004 exhibited color series, "Blossoms in Decline", at Café Selmarie in Chicago.

Books

• 2008 Big Book of Babies by J.C. Suares
• 2009 Life With Dogs, Time-Life Publications

Media Coverage

• Evanston Review - (December 2006)
• Chicago Tribune - (November 2006)
• Sun-Times Newsgroup - (November 2006)
• Pampered Puppy - (October 2006)
• Popular Photography - (June 2004)
• Chicago Sun-Times Weekend Plus, Blossoms in Decline Exhibit - (February 2004)
• Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine - (January 2004)
• Chicago Parent - (April 2003)
• Chicago Social - (March 2003)
• Animal Fair, Best of Chicago - (February 2003)
• New City - (January 2003)
• Angie's List - (June 2002)
• Chicago Reader - (January 2002)
• Denver Post - (November 2001)
• Ft. Worth Star Telegram - (November 2001)
• Dallas Morning News - (November 2001)
• Forbes FYI - (Summer 2001)
• Crain's Chicago Business - (May 2001)
• Shutterbug - (September 2000)
• Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine - (July 2000)
• Canine Images - (March/April 2000)

David Sutton has been profiled on more than a dozen television programs, including:

• ABC 7 News Sunday Morning - Chicago - (December 2006)
• NBC 5 Morning News - Chicago - (November 2006)
• 190 North - Chicago - (May 2004)
• Metromix TV - Chicago - (October 2003)
• A Pet Story – Animal Planet - (July 2003)
• Fox News – Chicago - (May 2003)
• Channel 7 News – Chicago - (April 2003)
• Today Show - New York - (1995)

Thank you for your interest in Sutton Studios. We look forward to meeting you! To make an appointment or for more information, call us at (847) 679-8090 or contact us.