“Bannino’s photo series Chic Chicks, depicts Paduan chickens in a glitzy light not normally bestowed on farm animals. But that’s exactly the point, the Italian photographer says. Bannino started the project to portray these beautiful chickens like glamorous models of high-fashion magazines, underlining the fact that some of us don’t even know how beautiful a ‘common’ chicken is.”

– Hilary Hanson- The Huffington Post