In the canine, what has been the «standard» view for the first half - century and more is a
picture taken from above, with the dog
on its back and legs stretched out parallel to each other and the table, and the film
cassette in a drawer under the dog's pelvis.
In the photograms alone, busted
cassettes rest
on the bottom of the frame, turning the formal space of the
picture into an actual shallow volume.