Woman Lived Naked With Hundreds Of Pigs

Are you seeing things, or is that a woman?
It is a woman, nose to snout, skin to skin, nude, with hundreds of 500-pound pigs grown in an industrial farming barn.
Artist Miru Kim is doing by placing herself in the midst of the pigs, in her series, The Pig That Therefore I Am.
Kim says the message behind her work is not specific,

“The images are meant to be poetic and open-ended for many interpretations. I would like for my images to evoke a visceral reaction from the viewers about the spaces (and creatures) that are usually forgotten from their daily lives. I went into these massive industrial hog farms and really felt with my entire body and skin how these environments were. The naked figure (I) in the photos gives an emotional focal point that directly relates to the viewer├óΓé¼Γäós body. I am throwing a question for people to think about, rather than giving an answer or a definitive message. Where does your breakfast sausage come from? Have you interacted with a pig? What happened to our connection with animals in the last two hundred years?”

Visit Miru Kim’s WEBSITE to see other photos from I Pig Therefore I Am.