A stunning series of emotive portraits of rescued farmed animals by Australian photographer Gary Sheppard.
The project’s aim is to challenge and reconstruct society’s perception of farmed animals as emotional beings inspiring greater compassion and empathy towards them.

Most of society rarely thinks about the farmed animals they are consuming. We do not consider who the animals were, how they lived or how they died. Our ambition with this work is to give faces to farmed animals. By depicting their beauty and depth we urge people to see the animals in a different light, to understand they are sentient beings who deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.

The featured animals reside at Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary in Australia – many rescued were abuse and neglect cases; others have been among the lucky few to escape their once inevitable slaughter. All profit from this project is donated to Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary, a registered charity, to assist in their ongoing rescue and outreach work.