“I love being plant-based because I feel intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually aligned. I love knowing that each day, I've done my best to not harm anyone.”

Jo-Anne is an award-winning photojournalist, sought-after speaker, photo editor, and the founder of We Animals. She has visited over sixty countries to document our complex relationship with animals. She is the author of three books: We Animals (2014), Captive (2017), and HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene (2020), and is the subject of Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall’s acclaimed Canadian documentary, The Ghosts in Our Machine.

Jo-Anne’s photographs have received accolades from Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Nature Photographer of the Year, Big Picture, AEFONA, Picture of the Year International, the Global Peace Award, and others.

About We Animals:
We advocate for animals through photojournalism. Our global investigations and stories expose our complex relationships with animals. We work with NGOs, media and advocates to initiate ethical and cultural shifts in society, and empower human capacity for compassion and change.

How Jo-Anne’s vegan journey began:
I stopped eating animals when two things happened. First, I got to know some chickens. I saw that they were as complex and interesting as the dogs and cats in my life, and I knew I could not have them on my plate anymore. The second thing was learning about how we raise the animals we eat in factory farms. It's appalling and would be against anyone's personal morality if they saw it.