‘It’s as if Arya, my great dane, is contemplating time and memory’: Johan Van Aarde’s best phone picture

The South African photographer says this image of his ‘soulmate’ evokes feelings of sadness and longing in him Arya the great dane was two years old when this image was taken. She was at home in Pretoria, South Africa, with Johan Van Aarde and three other dogs. “It was May 2021, which is our winter season,” van Aarde says. “The courtyard doors that lead to our pool would usually be open, but as the sun and the moon exchanged places and we started getting cosy inside, I closed them.” That even...

By Grace Holliday