"This immersive ecosystem of images and ideas considers how human physicality shapes our appreciation for some animals and repulsion for others; it exposes the politicized conventions of natural history and explores animals as personal, cultural, and spiritual symbols. The peculiarities behind our day-to-day interactions with animals are brought to the surface, and questions are raised about what lies behind our insatiable appetite for animals, both in visual culture and on the plate"--Front flap.

Henry Carroll is a writer, editor, and concept developer. He is the author of the series Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs, as well as Photographers on Photography: How the Masters See, Think & Shoot, and the children’s books Be a Super Awesome Photographer and Be a Super Awesome Artist. He is originally from London and has an MFA from the Royal College of Art. Carroll now lives in Los Angeles.