Joy, pain, love, grief- emotions we can all relate to. Yet, how often do we stop to think that animals feel them too? Instead, we reduce them to commodities, ours to use, trade, and exploit. We take their lives for delicacies, fashion, and furniture: absurdities that defy the empathy we claim to hold dear. This project is a response to that disconnect, a call to challenge the entitlement that blinds us to their suffering and to honour their right to simply exist.

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Through photography and storytelling, this work seeks to document animals both in human care and in the wild. It uncovers their quirks, behaviours, and personalities to inspire empathy. By helping people see animals as sentient beings rather than resources, it aims to bridge the emotional gap that allows their exploitation to persist.

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This body of work is an evolving exploration, growing naturally as new animals are encountered, new behaviours observed, and new insights uncovered. It allows the animals themselves to guide the narrative, grouping their stories through meaningful themes rather than imposing predefined categories. The three themes currently in progress are: