Dog Names Meaning Beaming

Andrew Knap, a 30-year old graphic designer from Canada, purchased Momo as a gift for his nieces and nephews. However, he quickly discovered Momo's ability to disappear even when in plain sight. He decided to use the dog's skills and started to pose the canine for photos in various locations in Sudbury, Ontario. The dog would always be hidden in plain sight. When the viewers of the picture would finally locate the dog, they would see his beaming expression looking back at them from the photo and wonder how they missed the picturesque pooch. 

The many photos that Knap took were placed on Instagram where the pooch gathered a large following of loyal fans. Currently, Momo has over 600,000 followers on the social media site and has become world famous. 

In 2009, when Momo's Instagram fame started taking off, Knap said in an interview with Parade, “It was a few months before I realized how truly photogenic he was,” Knapp says. “He was going to become the common thread between all of my photos, and not only give me something to shoot but a very adorable means to learning photography.” Soon the pooch's Instagram page contained over 2,300 photos all with a common call to action, "Find Momo's beaming face." 

In the Parade interview, Knap goes on to say, "His laser focus lent itself to a staring contest. You’ll notice he’s looking at me in almost every photo. Plus eye contact with dogs boosts the hormone associated with mother-child bonding. So we’re a pretty good mother-child combo now."

The many photos are now immortalized in a bestselling book titled, "Finding Momo: Coast to Coast." While creating the photos' Knap stated in an interview with Bark Happy that Momo, "Is the ideal travel companion.... completely at peace with a wrong turn or a breakdown."

Momo is a dog who uses his many expressions to not only communicate with his beloved owner but also to reach out through the art of photography so that the person looking at his photos can quickly seek out his beaming image even if it is half hidden by the surrounding scenery.