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Contacts between man and beast are varied and contradictory.
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They range from indifferent cruelty to over-the-top idolatry, with everything in between. Zurich photographer Livio Piatti doesn’t see himself as an animal photographer, but his work shows the different relationships that may arise – where for better or worse it’s always the human being who calls the tune.
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