Brief by design
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PrizeCurator Selection
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PhotographerNoah Marsten, Sweden
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Date of Photograph6th of March 2025
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CategoryEurope
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A female calf is born on a dairy farm under close human supervision. Within hours, she is separated from her mother and enters a system designed around milk production.
The idea of exchange—that care is given and milk is received in return—remains a central narrative. This series observes a structural tension within animal agriculture, where care and use exist side by side, and where the bond between mother and calf is brief by design.
Animals Are Beings Too is a documentary project by Noah Marsten examining farm animal agriculture. It documents the daily lives of animals raised for food, often in environments unseen from public view.
By presenting these scenes directly, without embellishment, the project invites viewers to confront systems they rarely see. Rooted in bearing witness, it explores what happens within the food industry while acknowledging the perspectives of those working within and against it, revealing both animal treatment and the human frameworks that rationalise it.
Awards None, first time submitting.
