Projects featured over the next several days were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was able to interview each of these individuals to gain further insight into the bodies of work they shared. Today, we are looking at the series Real Enough, by Emma Kisiel. Real Enough I wonder if the relationship we as humans share […]
Animals
Isa Leshko: Allowed to Grow Old
Some years ago I wrote about Isa Leshko’s poignant and important work with elderly animals-my feature was just one of many as the project had tremendous resonance with people all over the world. I am happy to share that the project is now a book, Allowed to Grow: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries […]
Kevin Horan: Goats and Sheep
Over the years, I’ve so enjoyed Kevin Horan’s portraiture, in particular, his portraits of animals “who command our undivided attention and respect.” The sign of any good portrait photographer is not only respect for one’s subjects, but having curiosity, compassion, and the ability to elevate the person or in this case, the animal, to another […]
Nick Brandt: This Empty World
The damnation of animal life, the debasement of human life, the destructive conjugality between the two: it is not just the animals who are the victims of environmental devastation, but also the humans now inhabiting these landscapes. – Nick Brandt Nick Brandt’s most recent effort to call attention to the “escalating destruction of the natural […]