On the edge

A <n>Cut Fox Shell</n>, a conch sliced to reveal its internal structure.

<n>Batara</n> (2012), an architectural model by <n>Anne Holtrop</n>. Photo by <n>Bas Princen</n>.

Artwork used as a cover by musicians including <n>CXLD</n>, <n>Swervo</n>, and <n>da most trendy</n>.

A still from the 1977 film <n>The Man Who Loved Women</n> by director <n>François Truffaut</n>.

A contact sheet of composer <n>Igor Stravinsky</n>, photographed by <n>Arnold Newman</n> in 1946.

Model <n>Maggie Maurer</n> photographed by <n>Elizaveta Porodina</n> for <n>Dazed Magazine</n>.

<n>Carved and Stacked</n>, an ice sculpture by <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n> in Grise Fiord, Canada, 1989.

<n>Untitled</n> (1954) by artist <n>Robert Rauschenberg</n>.

<n>Rainbow</n>. Photo by <n>Joth Shakerley</n>.

<n>Mont Saint-Michel</n> in Normandy, France, photographed by <n>Nadav Kander</n> in 2002.

A double exposure photograph on film by <n>Paul Sawyers</n>.

<n>Ernst Oppler</n>'s photograph of the ballet <n>Schwanensee</n>, 1909.

<n>Uma Thurman</n> as <n>Venus</n> in <n>Terry Gilliam</n>'s 1988 film <n>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</n>.

The <n>Camellia japonica 'Eighteen Scholars'</n> flower.

Cover art for <n>The Radio Dept.</n>'s 2002 album <n>You're Lookin' at My Guy</n>.

<n>Common Starfish</n>, <n>Common Sunstar</n>, and <n>Purple Sunstar</n> in Scotland. Photo by <n>Lisa Hooper</n>.

From the <n>Tree Drawings</n> series by British artist <n>Tim Knowles</n>.

A <n>Jeep Wrangler</n> drives through the landscape of Utah.

Clothing by <n>THE FORE</n> and <n>EAIRTH</n>. Photo by <n>Kim Jones (LDN)</n>.

Carpets drying in the sun in Iran, 1976. Photo by <n>Bruno Barbey</n> for <n>Magnum Photos</n>.

<n>Clyfford Still Museum</n> in Denver, designed by <n>Allied Works Architecture</n>. Photo by <n>Jeremy Bittermann</n>.