▁Bald win ▁owned ▁a ▁portrait ▁studio ▁in ▁B ever ly ▁Hills , ▁California , ▁photograph ing ▁famous ▁clients ▁including ▁Frank ▁Sin atra , ▁Sam my ▁Davis ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan . ▁His ▁first ▁love ▁was ▁animal ▁phot ography , ▁and ▁he ▁worked ▁both ▁in ▁animal ▁portrait ure ▁and ▁as ▁photo ▁editor ▁at ▁Cat ▁F ancy ▁and ▁Dog ▁F ancy ▁mag az ines . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁then ▁wife ▁Jean ne ▁Bald win ▁co author ed ▁a ▁children ' s ▁book ▁titled ▁Little ▁K itten , ▁Big ▁World , ▁featuring ▁a ▁S iam ese ▁k itten ▁named ▁Sim my . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁he ▁photograph ed ▁another ▁of ▁his ▁S iam ese ▁k itt ens , ▁S ass y , ▁in ▁various ▁ac rob atic ▁pos es , ▁including ▁the ▁" chin ▁up " ▁on ▁the ▁b am bo o ▁pole ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁" H ang ▁In ▁There , ▁Baby " ▁poster . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁Victor ▁and ▁Jean ne ▁produced ▁the ▁book , ▁The ▁Out cast ▁K itten , ▁featuring ▁the ▁photograph s ▁Victor ▁had ▁made ▁of ▁S ass y ▁and ▁other ▁c ats ▁he ▁owned ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁S ass y , ▁who ▁has ▁the ▁fict ional ▁name ▁Wik i ▁in ▁the ▁book , ▁is ▁a ▁lost ▁k itten ▁adopted ▁by ▁a ▁mother ▁cat ▁with ▁two ▁k itt ens ▁of ▁her ▁own . ▁He ▁attempts ▁to ▁be