News
Recent Press
“Readings” — Harper’s Magazine, May 2012
“Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals” — La Lettre de la Photographie, May 16, 2012
“Age Like an Animal” — Oprah.com, May 11, 2012
“Isa Leshko’s Elderly Animals” — New England Review, April 12, 2012
“When animals age: Poignant photo portraits captured” — Today.com/MSNBC, March 7, 2012
“Face of the Day” — The Dish, March 4, 2012
“A Look at Aging Through Animals” — AARP Bulletin, March 2012
“Touching Portraits of Aging Farm Animals” — Feature Shoot, Feb. 28, 2012
“American Connection” by Susan Burnstine — Black + White Photography, Feb. 2012
“Altern ist nichts für Feiglinge” — Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Jan. 15, 2012. View print edition front page and article
“A Meditation on Elderly Animals” — Mother Jones, Jan. 12, 2012
“Camera Reveals Complexity of Aging in Animals” — Houston Chronicle, Jan. 5, 2012
“What We Can Learn from Old Animals” — The New York Times, Dec. 29, 2011
“Isa Leshko’s Extraordinary Photographs of Elderly Animals” — The Atlantic, Dec. 2, 2011
“To Cope With Mother’s Illness, Photographer Focuses on Aging Animals” — NPR, Nov. 30, 2011
Houston Center for Photography Fellowship
Isa has been awarded the Houston Center for Photography 2012 Fellowship for her Elderly Animals project. The fellowship was juried by Christopher Rauchenberg, who is the co-founder, co-curator and board chairman of Blue Sky Gallery and also the co-founder and former president of Photolucida.
Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship
Isa is the recipient of the 2012 Silver Eye Center for Photography Keystone Award for her Elderly Animals project. The fellowship was juried by Julie Saul, the owner/director of the Julie Saul Gallery, and by Ellen Fleurov, the Executive Director of Silver Eye and the former curator of photography at the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Print Center 2012 International Competition
Isa is a semi-finalist in The Print Center 2012 International Competition that was juried by Jennifer Blessing, Curator of Photography, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Isa’s work will be exhibited on The Print Center web site June 2012 through March 2013.
Exhibits & Events
February 1-May 20
Snail Mail, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.
May 3-6
Richard Levy Gallery (Booth B-10), Pulse New York, NYC, NY.
May 4-June 23
Elderly Animals, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX.
Isa will give an artist talk on May 4th at 5:30 PM; opening reception: 6-8 PM.
May 11-July 14
Elderly Animals, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA.
Isa will attend the opening reception on May 11th
June 1, 5-8 PM
Review Santa Fe Portfolio Night, IHM Retreat Center, Santa Fe, NM.
Visit Isa’s table to view her Elderly Animal prints and talk with her about her work.