 | HUMANS HAVE ADAPTED OTHER LIVING BEINGS TO THEIR NEEDS. BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS. WILD OXEN BECAME CATTLE, MOUFLONS BECAME SHEEP, WOLVES BECAME DOMESTIC DOGS AND WILD BOARS BECAME DOMESTIC PIGS. WITH DOMESTICATION, HUMANS HAVE MADE ANIMALS AND THEIR GENES THEIR OWN. CALVES WERE SEDATED IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AFTER BIRTH AND THEN HAD THEIR HORNS BURNED OUT WITH A BRANDING IRON. THESE BODY PARTS WERE PERMANENTLY REMOVED THROUGH TARGETED DISPLACEMENT BREEDING. ALTHOUGH THEIR HORNS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE HIERARCHY FIGHTS AND SELF-DEFENSE OF THESE ANIMALS. |
 | IN THIS SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I HAVE DEPICTED THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS BY SHOWING DOMESTIC ANIMALS ALIENATED FROM THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PICTURES SHOW THAT THE DOMESTICATION OF PETS LEADS TO THEM BECOMING ALIENATED FROM THEIR NATURAL HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR. THE PHOTOS SHOW HOW ANIMALS ARE OFTEN VIEWED AS OBJECTS OR STATUS SYMBOLS AND HOW THEIR NEEDS AND INSTINCTS ARE IGNORED IN FAVOR OF HUMAN NEEDS AND PREFERENCES. THE PHOTO SERIES VISUALIZES IN AN EXAGGERATED SITUATION HOW PETS HAVE TO LIVE AND BEHAVE IN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR THEIR NATURAL INSTINCTS AND NEEDS. |
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