JENNY AND HER JEWELRY, MONTAUK, 2005. ALL IMAGES: COURTESY OF PETER BEARD STUDIO, ART + COMMERCE, AND TASCHEN, © PETER BEARD.

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FROM TOP: ANDY WARHOL DIARIES, DEAD ELES, SKULLS, MULTIPLES CHURCH ESTATE, AUGUST 5, 1972/2002. I’LL WRITE WHENEVER I CAN, KOOBI FORA, LAKE RUDOLF, KENYA, 1965/2004. 

MAGRITTE RAMMÉ AND WORLD-RECORD COW ELE TUSK, C. 47 LBS, MONTAUK, 1976/2004. 

MURMURS FROM THE EARTH (TIME CAPSULE), 1965/2006.  

THE VERANDA OF THE BEDROOM TENT AT BEARD’S HOG RANCH, 1996.

BEARD AND MINOR THE BUSH BABY, HOG RANCH, 1968.