Ann burgermyer

Brooklyn-born, San Francisco-seasoned, and now creating fine art dog portraits in Sacramento.

My journey with dog photography began in 2000, when a promotional mailer featuring a pug by renowned dog photographer Amanda Jones ignited my passion for canine portraiture. I became her assistant at her San Francisco studio that year, and learned the art of studio dog photography. She became both my inspiration and my mentor.

I spent years building a photography career in San Francisco as both a wedding and canine portraitist (my logo featured a bride walking a pug dog!), for 10+ years, and was recognized as one of American Photo magazine's Top 10 Wedding Photographers. After a brief hiatus to raise my children, I came full circle in 2022 and created Dogs on Paper to focus exclusively on my first love — canine portraiture.

This is truly a labor of love. Every session is personal. Every portrait matters.

A lifelong dog lover and devoted pug mom, I've had five pugs over the years, each one a piece of my heart. Buddy, my fifth, is my current muse.

— Ann Burgermyer, Dogs on Paper