Hard of Hearing (Photo Art)

In this series Tanausu places subtitles on images of animals serving humans as if the hard of hearing selection was on when watching a film. Countless families across the world depend on horses, mules, donkeys, camels and oxen for their livelihoods – and sometimes even their lives. These hardworking animals are the backbone of many societies, yet their lives can be short and involve great suffering. Working day after day in extreme temperatures, often with poor harnessing, little food and no veterinary care when they are sick or injured, many working animals endure constant pain and their suffering falls on deaf ears. Here Tanausu wants to shift attention to the animals, the ones without a voice by focusing on their sound and making the viewer immediately relate to the animal's suffering in a simple yet powerful way, as if to say, are you listening?