“Entering intensive pig farms is an extreme experience,” the Italian photojournalist Francesco Pistilli tells me. “The pervasive sound is that of the …
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What they don’t want you to see: photographs from factory farms
Aitor Garmendia stands outside a farm in Italy, accompanied by investigators from the animal rights group Essere Animali. Inside, there are thousands of pigs. It’s the dead of night. All is silent. There are guards inside. “You have one minute,” the investigation coordinator tells Garmendia. He slips inside, turns on the light, and photographs what he sees. Spanning several countries, six courageous photojournalists take us inside factory farms, revealing what takes place behind closed doors.
Bente Jørgensen, a former high school teacher living with her husband Soeren in the village of Tingerup, Denmark, used to spend her days outside with …
In 2013, the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur, the founder of We Animals Media, and investigators at Animal Equality infiltrated rabbit farms in …
In 2018, the animal photojournalist Aitor Garmendia and his colleague, the undercover investigator Linas Korta, happened upon a Spanish pig farm …
The photojournalist Aitor Garmendia stands outside a farm in Italy, accompanied by investigators from the animal rights group Essere Animali. Inside, …
Pigs who survived the hurricane and escaped their farm swim through flood waters in North Carolina. © Kelly Guerin / We Animals When the filmmaker …
