Portraits: Photographs of Farm Animals - Tapa dura

This collection of photographs of farm animlas such as oxen, horses, turkeys, chickens and cattle, aims to remind the reader of the lives lived by these creatures now so often placed by machines.

The family farm is rapidly fading from the American landscape, but the farm and its inhabitants hold a special place in our hearts. We are a nation descended from farmers, still tied to that heritage by strong emotional bonds. In Portraits, photographer Danielle Weil presents 50 exquisite black-and-white portraits of farm animals. Her carefully composed photographs allow us to look at these animals--cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, goats, horses, and donkeys--with the patience they seldom allow us in real life, we get to discover their individuality, their uniqueness all over again.

With a lyrical introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Portraits is the perfect gift book for animal lovers and for all of us who feel a nostalgic connection to the American family farm.