Lee Wormald Cows on Flores
Untitled, 2022, 16x20" Gelatin Silver Print
These photographs are made on the Island of Flores, Azores (Açores). I have been photographing on the island since 2014, and while attempting to bring structure to the larger body of work, I noticed these cows looking back at me.
The dairy industry has a rich history on the island. In 1915 Father José Furtado Mota organized the Sindicato Agrícola da Ilha das Flores (Flores Farming Union), the first on the island and one of the first three in the dairy sector in the whole of Portugal. This year, the the Cooperativa Ocidental (Western Cooperative), the largest cheese factory on the island, closed - and with that, ending a hundred year old agricultural history.
Lee Wormald is a Stoughton Massachusetts based photographer. He received a BFA in Photography from Lesley University College of Art and Design in 2016.
