Holstein Cow No. 5
Name: Daisy
Photographer Notes: Holstein cows will forever hold a special place in my heart as the first animal I ever photographed in the studio. Daisy was a beautiful dairy cow with the most pristine white coat. Her abstract black splotches came together like an old Rorschach inkblot test, in which psychologists would present various shapes and patterns to patients and ask them to report what they saw. Depending on how they answered, doctors would determine various personality characteristics or emotional function. In the same way, animals often hold a mirror up to us, asking us what we see. Sometimes it’s kind eyes or courage; other times it’s vulnerability or a quick glimpse of the untamed wild within them. And then there are the profound moments when we realize what we are actually seeing in them is ourselves—our own courage, our own vulnerability, our own wildness. So, what do you see in Daisy?
Name: Daisy
Photographer Notes: Holstein cows will forever hold a special place in my heart as the first animal I ever photographed in the studio. Daisy was a beautiful dairy cow with the most pristine white coat. Her abstract black splotches came together like an old Rorschach inkblot test, in which psychologists would present various shapes and patterns to patients and ask them to report what they saw. Depending on how they answered, doctors would determine various personality characteristics or emotional function. In the same way, animals often hold a mirror up to us, asking us what we see. Sometimes it’s kind eyes or courage; other times it’s vulnerability or a quick glimpse of the untamed wild within them. And then there are the profound moments when we realize what we are actually seeing in them is ourselves—our own courage, our own vulnerability, our own wildness. So, what do you see in Daisy?
Name: Daisy
Photographer Notes: Holstein cows will forever hold a special place in my heart as the first animal I ever photographed in the studio. Daisy was a beautiful dairy cow with the most pristine white coat. Her abstract black splotches came together like an old Rorschach inkblot test, in which psychologists would present various shapes and patterns to patients and ask them to report what they saw. Depending on how they answered, doctors would determine various personality characteristics or emotional function. In the same way, animals often hold a mirror up to us, asking us what we see. Sometimes it’s kind eyes or courage; other times it’s vulnerability or a quick glimpse of the untamed wild within them. And then there are the profound moments when we realize what we are actually seeing in them is ourselves—our own courage, our own vulnerability, our own wildness. So, what do you see in Daisy?