Admittedly, we’ve been a little animal photography-obsessed around here lately; we’ve shown you heartbreaking photos of elderly animals and frightening photos of everyday animals. But now for something completely different — more intimate, if you will: Barcelona photographer Oscar Ciutat’s haunting series Caged, which we discovered on A Cup of Jo. “It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul,” he explains. “I took a series of trips to the local zoo to photograph the eyes of animals held in captivity. I was intrigued by whether the lack of freedom would be apparent in the images.” Click through and let us know in the comments if it changes the way you feel about zoos.
Elephant. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Hippopotamus. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Wild goat. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Guanaco. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Sheep. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Donkey. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Deer. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Rhinoceros. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Wapiti. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat
Tapir. Photo credit: Oscar Ciutat