Isabella La Rocca Gonzalez: Censored Landscapes

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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"The one that really surprised me was the organic humane Certified Egg Farm. I thought Humane Certified would at least mean that I would see some chickens running around somewhere, but it looked exactly the [00:00:30] same as any other egg facility. They were just big warehouses. You don't see a chicken anywhere in sight. And then I learned, of course, that, um, you know, the this whole free range, pasture raised terminology doesn't really mean anything." - Isabella La Rocca Gonzalez

Isabella LaRocca Gonzalez is an artist, author, and activist. Her work is part of a long tradition in art and photography to bring to light and find beauty in the hidden, unconscious or disregarded. Her most recent book is called Censored Landscapes. It's a long term photographic project that unveils the hidden reality of animal agriculture.

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0:00.0	Species.
0:07.0	Species.
0:09.0	Unite.
0:10.0	The one that really surprised me was the organic, humane certified egg farm. I thought humane certified would at least mean that I would
0:25.6	see some chickens running around somewhere, but it looked exactly the same as any other egg facility.
0:35.3	They were just big warehouses.
0:37.8	You don't see a chicken anywhere in sight.
0:40.5	And then I learned, of course, that, you know,
0:43.5	this whole free-range pastor-raised terminology doesn't really mean anything.
0:59.4	Music mean anything. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novagrats.
1:01.8	This is Species Unite.
1:06.9	This conversation is with Isabella La Roca Gonzalez.
1:12.2	Isabella is an artist, author, and activist.
1:15.5	Her work is part of a long tradition in art and photography to bring to light and find
1:20.5	beauty in the hidden, unconscious, or disregarded.
1:24.3	Her most recent book is called Censored Landscapes.
1:27.9	It's a long-term photographic project that unveils the hidden reality of animal agriculture. Hi, Isabella. I am so excited to have you. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to talk with you about this book.
1:58.8	Before we start, why don't you tell everyone what the book's about and what it is?
2:04.6	This book is based around the hidden reality of farming animals. It's a book of photographs,
2:12.2	both landscape photographs and portraits of animals who have been rescued from or are still in
2:21.2	facilities that farm animals. It's also creative nonfiction. Personal stories about how I was
2:32.0	processing the stuff I was learning about this industry, as well as some poetry and a lot of facts.
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