One image can be so powerful – able to elicit strong emotions and social awareness in an instant. Consider this project by a photographer who portraits elderly animals with a Hasselblad as a way to cope with her own mother having Alzheimer’s. The photographs she created are profound and heart wrenching, a unique look into aging with subjects we oftentimes overlook. Click through the tabs above to see some of her evocative images.
The photographer’s name is Isa Leshko, and this is what she has to say about the “Elderly Animals” project on her website:
“I am creating these photographs to gain a deeper understanding about what it means to be mortal and to exorcise my fears of aging. I have come to realize that these images are self-portraits, or at the very least, they are manifestations of my fears and hopes about what I will be like when I am old. My intention is to take an honest and unflinching look at old age and I want these images to inspire others to become aware of and to engage with their own attitudes toward aging and mortality.”
Visit Leshko’s website here: http://isaleshko.com and watch the documentary about her project here: Elderly Animals on Vimeo.
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All images by Isa Leshko
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I love these images,I see so much intelligence in their eyes, with age they become wise 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful and very emotionally strong work.
Powerful. I hope the photographer, and those with her, took the time to talk to, even to touch, for warmth and consolation, her incredible subjects. At 67 I am learning that “old age is not for sissies,” and want both to turn my back on my aging self and to embrace life fully. May we do well by our fellow creatures, who do not make up stories or prevaricate about their condition. May we learn bravery from them.