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Northshore October 2025
Released earlier this year, Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries took author Isa Leshko to farm animal sanctuaries all over the country as she created photographic portraits of geriatric animals. 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? Leshko shows us with this collection of portraits. To create them, she spent hours with her subjects, gaining their trust and putting them at ease. “For each image, I strive to reveal the unique personality of the animal I photograph,” said Leshko in a statement. “Rescued
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