EYE CANDY

Irving Penn’s Head Shots

by Fan Zhong

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Irving Penn was known for seeing beneath the surface of his subjects, but in “Cranium Architecture,” a show of the late photographer’s exquisite studies of animal skulls on view at London’s Hamiltons Gallery, he literally gets under their skin.

“Cranium Architecture” is on view through September 13, 2013, at Hamiltons Gallery, 13, Carlos Place, London.

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Photograph by Irving Penn

Spotted Hyena, Prague, 1986 Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation

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Photograph by Irving Penn

Dog, Prague, 1986 Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation

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Photograph by Irving Penn

Hippopotamus, Prague, 1986 Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation

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Photograph by Irving Penn

Roe Deer, Prague, 1986 Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation

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Photograph by Irving Penn

Warthog, Prague, 1986 Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation