View this post on Instagram The feature in today's Observer/Guardian about my forthcoming book, Allowed to Grow Old, debuts 3 new images. I am so excited to *finally* reveal new work from this series & will be sharing these new images throughout today. Here is the first one, which is a portrait of Babs, a donkey who was aged 24 when I photographed her. Babs was a former rodeo animal who was used for roping practice on a ranch in Eastern Washington for the first seventeen years of her life. Donkeys are inexpensive, so cattle ranchers often learn roping techniques on them instead of on mechanical dummies. Many rodeos also use donkeys for entry-level roping competitions. Roping involves electrically shocking a donkey to make her run, chasing her on horseback, and then tossing a lasso around her neck or rear legs to pull her to the ground. Donkeys endure this practice repeatedly until they are exhausted, maimed, or killed. When Babs first arrived at @pasados, she was covered in rope burn and suffering from numerous health problems. Fortunately she received the care she needed and was adored by the sanctuary staff and visitors to Pasado's. I fell in love with her during our time together and she is the subject of one of the biographical essays I wrote for the book. #donkeys #pasados #pasadosafehaven #Babs #allowedtogrowold #animalrescue #someonenotsomething #vegansofig #photography #artistsoninstagram #blackandwhitephotography A post shared by Isa Leshko (@isaleshko) on Feb 10, 2019 at 9:13am PST
The feature in today's Observer/Guardian about my forthcoming book, Allowed to Grow Old, debuts 3 new images. I am so excited to *finally* reveal new work from this series & will be sharing these new images throughout today. Here is the first one, which is a portrait of Babs, a donkey who was aged 24 when I photographed her. Babs was a former rodeo animal who was used for roping practice on a ranch in Eastern Washington for the first seventeen years of her life. Donkeys are inexpensive, so cattle ranchers often learn roping techniques on them instead of on mechanical dummies. Many rodeos also use donkeys for entry-level roping competitions. Roping involves electrically shocking a donkey to make her run, chasing her on horseback, and then tossing a lasso around her neck or rear legs to pull her to the ground. Donkeys endure this practice repeatedly until they are exhausted, maimed, or killed. When Babs first arrived at @pasados, she was covered in rope burn and suffering from numerous health problems. Fortunately she received the care she needed and was adored by the sanctuary staff and visitors to Pasado's. I fell in love with her during our time together and she is the subject of one of the biographical essays I wrote for the book. #donkeys #pasados #pasadosafehaven #Babs #allowedtogrowold #animalrescue #someonenotsomething #vegansofig #photography #artistsoninstagram #blackandwhitephotography
A post shared by Isa Leshko (@isaleshko) on Feb 10, 2019 at 9:13am PST