National Geographic Photographer’s thoughts on DMW
Dog Meets World founder Carolyn Lane recently met with O Louis Mazzatenta who retired after a 42 year career with National Geographic magazine. After hearing all about DMW Lou shared his impression “Dog Meets World is a wonderful way for travelers of all sort to be engaged with people in the countries they are visiting. In my extensive travels as a photographer and writer for National Geographic magazine, I have witnessed numerous crowds of tourists being herded about by travel agents. The agent spouts canned descriptions of sites being visited. There is little real interaction with locals. The Dog Meets World project is the perfect fix. There is no better or easier way to make immediate friends in a country than by taking their picture and giving it to them. If you want to have the sort of genuine trip memories you will recall later with friends and acquaintances, Dog Meets World is the way to go.”. See Lou’s famous first photos of the Terra Cotta Warriors at the current special exhibit in Washington, DC.