Walter Chandoha

The undisputed king of cat photography, Walter Chandoha defined the visual language of cat portraits in an extraordinary practice spanning over 80 years. His signature lighting technique captured each cat's unique personality and created timeless, empathetic and downright adorable images that continue to inspire artists and photographers today.
Family Cats is a sweet and petite selection of black-and-white archival photographs hidden away for half a century. It includes images of Chandoha's original muse, Loco, whom he found and adopted during a New York City snowstorm in 1949. The other feline costars featured are the Chandohas' own family cats or rescue cats from an animal shelter in Greenwich Village. These cute and charming images are guaranteed to bring joy to the cat lover in your life.
Walter Chandoha (1920–2019) was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. During World War II he served as a combat photographer in the US Signal Corps, and began photographing cats shortly after his return in the late 1940s. Over his career, Chandoha created a remarkable oeuvre of over 200,000 photographs, including some 90,000 images of cats.

Let's meow loud next year! The ToiletWalterPaperChandoha Calendar 2026 presents 13 photographs of sweet, cuddly and sleepy cats by American photographer Walter Chandoha (1920–2019), coedited by the animal-loving duo of ToiletPaper, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari.
Walter Chandoha, one of the world's most famous cat photographers, defined the visual language of cat portraits for over 80 years and took some 90,000 cat photos during his life. Hyperallergic contributor Carey Dunne once called him "the one cat photographer to rule them all." His signature lighting technique captured each cat's unique personality, creating timeless, empathetic images that continue to inspire artists and photographers today. Whether hanging in your home or your office (or perhaps both), this downright adorable collection of cats will be sure to leave a smile on your face month in and month out.