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Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Allowed to Grow Old, a selection of photographs by Isa Leshko. For nearly a decade, Leshko visited sanctuaries across America to create intimate photographic portraits of geriatric farm animals. She began this series shortly after caring for her mother who had Alzheimer’s disease. The experience had a profound effect on her and forced her to confront her mortality. Leshko started photographing geriatric animals in order to take an unflinching look at her fear of aging. After she met rescued farm animals and heard their stories, she became passionate …