A stray dog

adoption drive, including an informative lecture, will begin at 1:30.

The exhibit is entitled "Gertrude: From Poverty to Prosperity; A

Stray Dog Finds A Home" and will continue through Nov. 12.

Gertrude the

dog came to the home of photographer Anne Ledbetter, a bedraggled and

disheveled stray. As Ledbetter watched Gertrude transform into a house

dog, she wondered how Gertrude perceived life with humans.

This collection

of witty images, which is presented in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates

Photography, is Ledbetter's journey to capture, on film, life from an

entirely new perspective.

"Highfire

Gallery is excited to be the first to unleash these new creations from

Anne's growing body of outstanding work, which are a new turn from what

we saw from her two-year Asian excursion," said Amy Owens, owner

of Highfire Gallery. "These have a twist of humor to them which adds

yet another dimension to her already impressive scope of vision.

"Anne

has a knack for seeing ordinary objects just a little bit differently

than most of us, so it will be a treat to see them anew from an even more

intriguing perspective," Owens added.

Ledbetter,

a native of Georgia, grew up in Smyrna. She graduated from Flagler College

in Florida and American College in London, majoring in Business and Art.

She worked

as a graphic designer until 1998, when her love for the photographic medium

took over and sent her abroad to hone her skills.

Ledbetter now

specializes in people, predominantly wedding and portrait photography.

Her photographs have taken top honors regionally as well as internationally,

with WPPI, and appear in several magazines including Sports Illustrated.