pet me

Dog salons and pet boutiques have been encountered everywhere in urban environments for many years. Especially during the pandemic, the desire for a pet has once again increased significantly. Leonard Mann approaches the social ambivalence of the human-animal relationship in his documentary photo essay. When his protagonists hold a crocodile in their arms or sit on the sofa with a pig, the rupture between human and animal needs becomes visible. Where do we stand between animal love and cheap meat, between humanisation and countless animal species threatened with extinction?