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

Moby

“I learned at an early age that animals are complex, thinking, feeling creatures. All animals. So often, though, we overlook the lives of those animals who are raised for farming and meat production. Isa Leshko offers us a deeply personal view into the lives of these animals. Her portraits are tender and present the inescapable fact that each subject is a living thinking creature with an individual history and personality.”

Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside of a Dog

“There is great poise and dignity in the animals Isa Leshko captures with her lens: their characters shine brightly despite their often devastating histories. She looks at them, and her gaze reveals them as individuals. One hopes our society looks, too, and does better for them all. What Leshko gives us with these photographs is a reminder of the very real fates of these and all farm animals. I would love to know every one of them.”

Barbara J. King, author of Personalities on the Plate

“Beautiful art and powerful animal advocacy–Isa Leshko’s portraits of elderly farmed animals are both. Abe the goat (age 21) I gaze at just because he’s so handsome; the images of Pearl (age 7), Violet (age 12), and Stella (age 18) affirm for me why I don’t eat turkeys, pigs, or cows.Isa’s words are compelling too: in describing her patient methods of honoring each animal’s comfort level with being photographed at his or her sanctuary home, it becomes clear why these images so touch our hearts. This volume is a perfect choice for animal lovers.”