# Isa Leshko

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{{short description|American fine art photographer (born 1971)}}
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'''Isabell Carmella Leshko'''<ref>[https://www.isaleshko.com/about-isa-leshko Bio], IsaLeshko.com. Accessed October 13, 2022. "Isa—whose full name is Isabell Carmella—grew up in Carteret, New Jersey, in an Italian-American working class family."</ref> (born 1971) is an American fine art photographer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/what-we-can-learn-from-old-animals/?_r=0|title=What We Can Learn From Old Animals|last=O'Connor|first=Anahad|work=Well|date=29 December 2011 |access-date=2017-03-11|language=en}}</ref> best known for her ''Elderly Animals'' series which focuses on [animal rights](/source/animal_rights), aging and mortality.

==Life==
Leshko grew up in [Carteret, New Jersey](/source/Carteret%2C_New_Jersey) in an Italian-American working-class family. 
She received her bachelor's degree from [Haverford College](/source/Haverford_College), where she studied [cognitive psychology](/source/cognitive_psychology), [neurobiology](/source/Neuroscience), and [gender studies](/source/gender_studies).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lensculture.com/isaleshko|title=Isa Leshko {{!}} LensCulture|last=LensCulture|first=Isa Leshko {{!}}|website=LensCulture|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref>

Her work has been published in ''[The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic)'', ''[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)'', ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'', ''[Harper's Magazine](/source/Harper's_Magazine)'', and ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themost10.com/touching-portraits-of-elderly-animals/|title=10 Most Touching Portraits of Elderly Animals By Isa Leshko|date=21 November 2012 |publisher=the Most 10|accessdate=17 March 2017 |language=}}</ref><ref name=kf/>

Leshko began traveling to animal sanctuaries across the country, photographing elderly farm animals that rarely live out their full natural lifespans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2011/11/30/142916929/to-cope-with-mothers-illness-photographer-looks-to-animals|title=To Cope With Her Mother's Illness, Photographer Focuses On Aging Animals|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en}}</ref> She started this series after caring for her mother who had [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/elderly-animal-photos_n_4591267.html|title=Incredible Black-And-White Photos Of Elderly Animals Will Break Your Heart|date=2014-01-15|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en-US}}</ref> This series provided an outlet for dealing with her grief and also became a commentary on commonly held assumptions about aging and animals in their later years.<ref name=kf>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/apr/24/isa-leshko-elderly-animals|title=Isa Leshko's Elderly Animals: there's life in the old dog yet|last=Fox|first=Killian|date=2011-04-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Some of the animals are factory farm rescues, others are pets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-photographer-captures-the-beauty-and-dignity-of-elderly-animals-180947591/|title=This Photographer Captures the Beauty And Dignity of Elderly Animals|last=Nuwer|first=Rachel|author-link=Rachel Nuwer |work=Smithsonian|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en}}</ref>

She has exhibited her work widely in the United States, including shows at the [Griffin Museum of Photography](/source/Griffin_Museum_of_Photography), the Houston Arts Alliance, the Houston Center for Photography, the [Museum of Fine Arts, Houston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2C_Houston), the Photographic Resource Center, and the Silver Eye Center for Photography.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Her prints are in the collections of the [Boston Public Library](/source/Boston_Public_Library), the [Harry Ransom Center](/source/Harry_Ransom_Center), and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} She has received fellowships from the Culture & Animals Foundation, the Houston Center for Photography, the Millay Colony for the Arts, and the Silver Eye Center for Photography.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
thumb|''Elderly Animals'' Installation, Fellowship Exhibition at the Houston Center for Photography, 2012

==References==
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thumb|Isa Leshko and Richard Levy, Elderly Animals Installation at Miami Project, 2013
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Category:Photographers from New Jersey
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