Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries

Name: Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries
Brand: University of Chicago Press
SKU: 022639137X
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ISBN: 9780226391373

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10 May, 2019

By Isa Leshko (Author), Isa Leshko, Sy Montgomery

There's nothing quite like a relationship with an aged pet--a dog or cat who has been at our side for years, forming an ineffable bond. Pampered pets, howe...

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ISBN-10:

022639137X

ISBN-13:

9780226391373

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

No.of Pages

126

Dimensions

10.5 X 9.9 X 0.7 inches

Description

There's nothing quite like a relationship with an aged pet--a dog or cat who has been at our side for years, forming an ineffable bond. Pampered pets, however, are a rarity among animals who have been domesticated. Farm animals, for example, are usually slaughtered before their first birthday. We never stop to think about it, but the typical images we see of cows, chickens, pigs, and the like are of young animals. What would we see if they were allowed to grow old?

Isa Leshko shows us, brilliantly, with this collection of portraits. To create these portraits, she spent hours with her subjects, gaining their trust and putting them at ease. The resulting images reveal the unique personality of each animal. It's impossible to look away from the animals in these images as they unforgettably meet our gaze, simultaneously calm and challenging. In these photographs we see the cumulative effects of the hardships of industrialized farm life, but also the healing that time can bring, and the dignity that can emerge when farm animals are allowed to age on their own terms.

Each portrait is accompanied by a brief biographical note about its subject, and the book is rounded out with essays that explore the history of animal photography, the place of beauty in activist art, and much more. Open this book to any page. Meet Teresa, a thirteen-year-old Yorkshire Pig, or Melvin, an eleven-year-old Angora Goat, or Tom, a seven-year-old Broad Breasted White Turkey. You'll never forget them.

Product Details

ISBN-10

: 022639137X

ISBN-13

: 9780226391373

Publisher

: University of Chicago Press

Publication date

: 10 May, 2019

About the Author

Isa Leshko is a photographer who focuses on themes of aging and animal rights. Her images of aging farm animals are much admired and have been published in the Atlantic, Boston Globe, the Guardian, Harper's, the New York Times, and elsewhere.