Skepsel

- creature -

We are all made of the same material. Only our shape is different.

Cattle are created. Modern chickens, cows, pigs, horses, sheep, goats… they are all creatures in the most literal sense of the word. However, no chicken is the same. Every animal has its own personality.

People may play god when it comes to their livestock, but they have more in common with the animals they breed than they realize. So does the average modern cow not know how to graze, while modern man is starving without a supermarket. We are all domesticated and very much depending on each other.

I live on a farm and handle livestock on a daily basis. I photographed these animals and combined their image with a nature picture from my immediate environment.

In an effort to return them to the elements from which they originate. This, however, often turns out to be impossible. The stamp of man is too great, hence the ear tag that is prominent in some of the photo collages.

The way we treat livestock doesn’t do them a service. In our focus on gain, we ignore who they really are. Too often we close our eyes for their personalities, instincts, preferences and quirks.

With my photo collages I want to put these beautiful creatures in a different light. So you can see them again and maybe also take glimpses of your own identity. Because in the end we are all made of the same material, only our shape is different.