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30 Photographs That Explore The Relationship Between Animals And Humans By Steve McCurry
Interview With ArtistFrom the moment humans first tamed animals about 10,000 years ago, animals have played a big role in people's lives. Even though at first domestic animals were used for meat, milk, and hides, as time passed, humans realized that they are not just food but living and breathing creatures. They began to see them as their friends who would accompany them while hunting, traveling, or guarding their homes. However, there was always something special but complex in the relationship between humans and animals and one famous photographer dedicated his travels to show that.
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Kathmandu, Nepal
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Mongolia
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Afghanistan
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
So many countries the US has been at war with. These are the ones who suffer, not the ones who declare war.
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India
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Magdeburg, Germany
Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
That is a very stylish shepherd! Looks like he's leading the grand parade!
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Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia
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Long Island City, NY
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Australia
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India
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India
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Near Samyr, Tibet
Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago
He has lived a hard life but he obviously meets it face on without self-pity.
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Chaco, Paraguay
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Afganistan
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
The white of the doves against the blue of the dome (or is it a minaret?).
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Wadi Rum, Jordan
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Camels are really important animals to have around in places like this.
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India
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India
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
I used to work for TSA, and can’t tell you how many of my colleagues couldn’t get it through their thick skulls that a turban does NOT automatically mean a terrorist. Sikhs are our good friends!
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Lombari, Brazil
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Poor horses. They need to be brushed off, fed, and allowed to relax in the barn.
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Sri Lanka
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Burma
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Nepal
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Love the statues—-the only kind of elephant I like to see people riding.
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Afghanistan
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Uzbekistan
Kyndall Schmid 6 years ago
Does anyone else realize that's a donkey painted to look like a zebra?
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Myanmar
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
All the elephant and mahout pictures are worrying to me, especially knowing how the elephants are “acquired” and enslaved for their very long lives. Doesn’t matter if their mahout is kind; enslavement is enslavement, regardless of how “comfortable” it may look.
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Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
One of the most awful posts Bored Panda has put up. A lot of these 'cute' pics are of animals being abused - notably the elephants, and a lot of the others are animals on their way to be slaughtered. There's nothing cute, nice, or lovely about them.
Leon Long 6 years ago
I see people often claiming sheep are being herded for slaughter. Sheep are not kept for their meat, they are sheared for wool. No Shepherd in their right mind slaughters their sheep. The only one that might "might" be going to slaughter are the ducks in the motorbike, but really that's just an assumption based on likely cultural stereotypes.
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Rae 6 years ago
This is a photo depiction of the relationship between man and other animals, nothing in the title said it would be sweet or awwww inspiring. We all know that man is not always kind, that the relations between humans and the rest of the natural world is mostly one-sided. It is hard to see and it is sad, but the photos are truth and they are beautifully done. Good job Steve.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." - St. Francis of Assisi
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mermaidgirl960 6 years ago
Over half of these pictures are elephants being enslaved and abused! I thought the children and goats were cute at first, but after a while, I just skipped almost all of the pictures because I couldn't bare to see such beautiful and intelligent animals be treated like this! This is by far the worst post I've seen, I'm sorry, but no matter how cute these elephants are to people, it's not right.
mermaidgirl960 6 years ago
And yes, while these photographs are very good quality and were probably hard to take, I just feel like a lot of these animals are not treated as they should. At the start, there are many cute pictures though, but considering what countries they are in, they probably won't be healthy enough to survive. Disagree with me if you want, but It just breaks my heart to see this...
Load More Replies... Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
One of the most awful posts Bored Panda has put up. A lot of these 'cute' pics are of animals being abused - notably the elephants, and a lot of the others are animals on their way to be slaughtered. There's nothing cute, nice, or lovely about them.
Leon Long 6 years ago
I see people often claiming sheep are being herded for slaughter. Sheep are not kept for their meat, they are sheared for wool. No Shepherd in their right mind slaughters their sheep. The only one that might "might" be going to slaughter are the ducks in the motorbike, but really that's just an assumption based on likely cultural stereotypes.
Load More Replies... Rae 6 years ago
This is a photo depiction of the relationship between man and other animals, nothing in the title said it would be sweet or awwww inspiring. We all know that man is not always kind, that the relations between humans and the rest of the natural world is mostly one-sided. It is hard to see and it is sad, but the photos are truth and they are beautifully done. Good job Steve.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." - St. Francis of Assisi
Load More Replies... mermaidgirl960 6 years ago
Over half of these pictures are elephants being enslaved and abused! I thought the children and goats were cute at first, but after a while, I just skipped almost all of the pictures because I couldn't bare to see such beautiful and intelligent animals be treated like this! This is by far the worst post I've seen, I'm sorry, but no matter how cute these elephants are to people, it's not right.
mermaidgirl960 6 years ago
And yes, while these photographs are very good quality and were probably hard to take, I just feel like a lot of these animals are not treated as they should. At the start, there are many cute pictures though, but considering what countries they are in, they probably won't be healthy enough to survive. Disagree with me if you want, but It just breaks my heart to see this...
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