Mai Kare shine laƙabin na Iliya Weis Friedman, wani mashahurin mai daukar hoto wanda yake da sauƙin yanayin idan yazo da hotunan hotunan canine. Tunda ya fara aikinsa a shekarar 2013, tuni ya dauki hoto sama da karnuka 2.500 a garuruwa daban daban guda 30, aikin da yakeyi yayin tafiya kan titi da kuma neman "samfuran" da suka fi so A halin yanzu, yana ɗaya daga cikin masu ɗaukar hoto masu ƙima a duniya.
Washington DC, San Francisco, Venice, Milan, Brussels, Paris, Oslo da London wasu daga cikin biranen da wannan mai zane yake neman ilham. Hotuna ya kasance babban abin sha'awarsa, amma bai mai da hankali sosai ba har sai da ya rasa aikinsa. A lokacin ne ya fara don nuna karnukan da ya sadu dasu akan titi kuma tattara su akan asusunku na Instagram. "Ina so in raba hotuna na ta yadda za su dawwama kuma in sa mutane su yi murmushi," in ji shi.
A cewar Elias, aiwatar da aikinsa mai sauki ne. Kawai sai ya tambayi mutanen da ke tafiya da karnukansu idan zai iya daukar hotunan dabbobin, kuma da izininsu, yana daukar hotunan su. Duk wannan ba tare da karatu ko fitilu na musamman ba, wanda shine dalilin da yasa aka ɗauke shi mafi kyawun mai ɗaukar hoto a ciki salon titin canine na lokacin. “Baya ga saukin farin cikin da suke isarwa, zan iya kasancewa tare da su a waje tsawon yini. Babu wani abu kamar rashin laifi a fuskar kare; ba su da wata rufa-rufa ko tsoron daukar hoto ”, in ji shi.
Raba sunan laƙabi tare da taken littafinku na farko, Mai Kare, wanda ke tattara jimlar hotunan canine 1.000. Ga mai zane-zane, kare dabba ce ta musamman, tun daga yarinta ya zauna tare da karnuka kuma suna wakilta, a cewarsa, "kyakkyawan tunatarwa game da muhimman abubuwan rayuwa".
Hotunan kare ba aikin Iliya kawai ba ne, domin shima yana da aiki mai taken "The Catist" wanda ya zana hotunan kuliyoyi da yawa. Bugu da kari, yana yawan shiga ciki ayyukan hadin kai don karfafa rungumar dabbobi da tara kudade don dalilai daban-daban.