Photographer #12 Toni Meneguzzo- Holy Cows

Similar to Michael Somoroff and August Sander who I looked at. Both have removed their backgrounds and then created another within this frame. The way these images have been cropped shows how the same frame can create such a different and strange image. These look very effective and show you how strange things can be once you stand back and analyse the situation,

Here is a quote from the photographer himself about the project and what it includes:

!After making the photograph,  the animals were cropped, making them float on the milky white, to emphasize the artistic work done by the locals on the cows because the surrounding rural and bucolic scenery is so imbued with Indian folk icon to mitigate the stylistic and artistic contributions used to celebrate the perpetual ritual of life and the sanctity of the animal"
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"This research led to produce 92 images of holy cows, exploring several Indian states —Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar, Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan — visiting their high-density rural villages to find the cows dressed up for the celebration of Pongal, Wangala, Holi festivals"