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From photographer, Isa Leshko’s Elderly Animals project.

Above: Kelly, Irish Wolfhound, aged 11; Embden Goose, aged 28; Morgan, Arabian stallion, aged 28, housecat, aged 19. Isa sez:

Images of animals that are prevalent in popular culture generally depict animals that are juvenile, or at the very least, in the prime of their lives. In these images, animals are exoticized, anthropomorphized, and/or infantilized. This project examines animals who are elderly or at the end stage of their lives.

For this project I am traveling to animal sanctuaries across the country to photograph elderly subjects. I have been especially drawn toward photographing farm animals. Because of the nature of their existence, farm animals typically do not live out their natural life spans. I was intrigued to observe and photograph working animals that actually reached a geriatric age.

More squelderly beauty here.

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