Photos of pigs being slaughtered

ManoCornuta · 09-01-2011 07:33PM #1

Hi,

I'm halfway through an assignment for college, and in order to complete it I need to take photographs of a pig being slaughtered.

These photographs would not be published anywhere, in print or online, or shown to anyone other than my lecturer. I'm very desperate.

If anyone knows of any slaughterhouses that would be willing to let me take photographs (preferably in Dublin/Cavan/Meath but I'll take what I can get) or if anyone knows of anyone slaughtering a pig soon for their own consumption please PM me.

For reasons I'm sure you can understand, I'm having great difficulty finding somewhere to shoot. If you can help, please do.

Thanks.

LostCovey · 09-01-2011 07:42PM

ManoCornuta wrote: »

Hi,

I'm halfway through an assignment for college, and in order to complete it I need to take photographs of a pig being slaughtered.

These photographs would not be published anywhere, in print or online, or shown to anyone other than my lecturer. I'm very desperate.

If anyone knows of any slaughterhouses that would be willing to let me take photographs (preferably in Dublin/Cavan/Meath but I'll take what I can get) or if anyone knows of anyone slaughtering a pig soon for their own consumption please PM me.

For reasons I'm sure you can understand, I'm having great difficulty finding somewhere to shoot. If you can help, please do.

Thanks.

I think you stand a better chance if you explained what the project is and why the photos are required.

Not that I fancy your chances, to be honest. It is not a very photogenic process.

LC

ManoCornuta · 09-01-2011 08:34PM

It's for my final photojournalism assignment. I've already taken pictures of pig farms, so now I need pictures of the pigs being slaughtered. I know it's not photogenic, and that doesn't matter.

Bizzum · 09-01-2011 08:57PM

I would think your best bet would be to talk in person, face to face, with supporting documentation from university, to one of the general managers in a pig plant, maybe somewhere like Edenderry, and see how you get on.
Again wouldn't fancy your chances but you never know.

LostCovey · 09-01-2011 09:12PM

Bizzum wrote: »

I would think your best bet would be to talk in person, face to face, with supporting documentation from university, to one of the general managers in a pig plant, maybe somewhere like Edenderry, and see how you get on.
Again wouldn't fancy your chances but you never know.

Your chances would be a lot better if you don't need to have people in shot.

However slaughtering is a fairly hands-on process, even in a factory, so not sure if that is possible. Everyone knows how digital images can travel, so you should expect a lot of suspicion.

LC

lionela · 09-01-2011 09:20PM

Want to see some gruesome footage of animal slaughter ....inc pigs

Google .... "meet your meat"

It would put you off your breakfast rasher and your hamburger.

Bizzum · 09-01-2011 09:35PM

lionela wrote: »

Want to see some gruesome footage of animal slaughter ....inc pigs

Google .... "meet your meat"

It would put you off your breakfast rasher and your hamburger.

This has nothing got to do with what the original poster is after.
I meet my meat every day and work along with them, most farmers do.
We dont need google and we dont need sensationalist headlines either.

Photos of pigs being slaughtered

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