My new series, “The Abattoir”. A work in progress which will portray animals in their final hours and minutes before they are slaughtered.
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We gave this cow his last chance to be in the spotlight before he was killed.
Animals are herded off transport trucks by dogs and aggressive, loud men. Terrified, they run into the pens where they await their deaths. They are killed for human consumption, animal by-products and clothing. Humans and their insatiable appetite for animal parts causes so much fear for billions and billions of animals.
We all see the meat in the supermarket aisle, but we never see the individuals who are slaughtered for it. That is what this series is about. These beautiful animals who are about to be slaughtered will get the chance to look into my camera for the first and final time to tell you (through my lens) that they love their lives and want to live.
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