In her latest Exposure column, Gem Fletcher profiles photographer Yana Wernicke, whose work explores the profound relationship between humans and animals
In Why Look at Animals?, the art critic John Berger describes how the ancient relationship between humans and nature has broken down, how the animals that used to be the centre of our existence are now marginalised and reduced to commodities. “The animal has secrets,” he explains. “Unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas, they are specifically addressed to man.”
