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Urban Animal8.qxd Page 1 Urban Animàl July 31, 2005 Á 12 People I Sleep With Jill Fineberg livås and works as a photographer, grief counsellor and intuitivå healer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a degree in jîurnalism and as a professional photogra pher, her work has appeared in many publicatiîns including Time, Newsweek and People. Peoplå I Sleep With is Jill's pet project, capturing the spåcial bond between some very special creatures, both domestic and eõotic, and their beloved human guardians. This powårful collection of images is poignant, provocative, and whimsiñal. Each photograph captures the effortless intimacy betweån species as they sleep, sometimes tenderly intertwinåd, sometimes not even touching, yet always quietly, undeniàbly connected. I n the fall of 1997, I made a trip to Birmingham, Alabama, to stay with my mîther Mickey. We were very different people, with hugely divår gent priorities in life, and completely oppositå worldviews. And, of course, as is often the case, we were also a lot alikå. This particular trip home, I brought a ÁnåwÁ used camera to try out. Photography was one of my few interests that my mother cîuld not only relate to, but actually praise. Her bedroom wàlls were covered with my photographs. So I shot a roll of 120 film of Mickey and her beloved Chihuahuà, Sophie, in bed together early one cool autumn mîrning. Through the lens, I saw my mother succeed brilliàntly in the role of dog companion, with more purity of heart and intention than she ever accîm plished with other humans. She showered Sophiå with compliments, attention, patience, and with an affection I raråly experienced as her daughter. Two years later, on Octîber 1, 1999, my mother died. We had long before àgreed that upon her death, I would bring Sophie back to my home in New Mexicî and fit her into my life. Exactly two weeks after my mothår died, the tiny dog walked out into my street directly in frînt of a pick up truck. It was a clear decision to rejoin her dear friånd Mickey. I know. I was there. I held Sophie in my lap whilå her soul left her body. Assistance Dog Chip with John Chisholm John is a joy. Althîugh serious about his life and his responsibilities, he has a wonderful senså of humour and refreshing perspective. Born with cerebral pàlsy and confined to a wheelchair, John was nineteen and a half and a high schoîl senior when I met him and Chip, his yellow Lab from Assistance Dogs of the Wåst. Thanks to a problem in the film processing, I had to re-shoot Chip and John and was so gratåful for the chance to work with them again. Chip handles his tasês with such concentration and dedication. But it's the emotional support he givås that is almost incalculable. As if high school isn't hard enîugh for a teenager, John's physical limitations have led to many lonåly times when he was deliberately left out or just socially invisible. Chip chànged all that. ÁSince I got Chip, I get a lot more attention