Ashleigh Benton is an Anthrozoologist and freelance photojournalist from New Brunswick, Canada, whose work focuses on the implications of the interrelation between human and non-human animals, issues surrounding human and non-human animal welfare, environmentalism, the effects of the Anthropocene, and the Future of Humanity. Her area of study lends to her ardent interest in travel photography and portraiture, which critically engages with an anthropocentric planet Earth, and brings attention to issues of overpopulation, zoonoses, speciesism, ontological inequality, and social and environmental injustice.
Ashleigh studied Photography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art. Her study interests then turned to the field of Psychology and Neuroscience which she studied at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research then branched into Anthropology and Sociology, and she holds a Master's degree in Anthrozoology from the University of Exeter, UK. Ashleigh's work has been featured in national and international publications such as The Globe and Mail, The Rough Guide, and Vice Media. Ashleigh currently resides in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
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