Lara Jo Regan is a photographer, filmmaker and curator whose diverse career spans the magazine, fine art and journalistic worlds. She honed her skills as a regular contributor to the world's leading publications such as Time, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly and Life, winning many of the field's top honors including Communication Arts accolades, NPPA Pictures of the Year awards and the coveted the World Press Photo of the Year. Her career took an unexpected detour after a photo series she created of her rescued pup, Mr. Winkle, made Internet history, becoming one of the very first global viral sensations, transforming her pet into the first four-legged cyberspace celebrity who attracted record crowds at book signings. The unusual and amusing phenomenon was even incorporated into an episode of Sex and the City.Regan now divides her time between fine art /documentary projects that explore such themes as poverty, immigration, class issues and consumerism with an emphasis on their relation to Southern California culture; and fun-loving ventures with canine muses for therapeutic comfort and comic relief. Her groundbreaking animal photography and other work is widely published collected and exhibited.She is a longtime resident of Southern California where she lives with her family.