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Nikita Teryoshin

Photographer

Nikita Teryoshin

Hornless Heritage

Also known as turbo cows, german diary breeds like german cars are very popular all over the world because of their performance and reliability. Thanks to computer technologies in the last decades german scientists got millions of breeding values together and a knowledge about the genomic code, which allows them to create and design the "Übercow" with up to four times higher milk output and will even let the horns soon disappear.
Evolutionary horns mean for a cow protection and autonomy. They are even important for the milk performance and overall condition of the animal. For the life in a huge fully automated farms with hundreds of cows, horns are too dangerous.
So is it the role of a milk machine, which remains for the cow itself as a living being in this technological, financial and perfectional race with hardly any limitations? 2014-2017, Germany.

Nikita Teryoshin

Nikita Teryoshin was born in Leningrad (RU) in 1986, studied photography at FH Dortmund, and now lives in Berlin. His genres are street, documentary and everyday horror. He has participated in group exhibitions in Germany, Italy, the UK, United States and Singapore. His first solo exhibition was in 2017 at La Chambre Gallery in Strasbourg. His work has been published in magazines such as VICE, SZ Magazin, ZEIT Magazin, GUP, Mouvement and VRIJ.