Folklore

A 1935 photograph of <n>Kadiwéu body paint</n> from Brazil.

Banana from <n>Rincon Tropics</n> for the <n>Farmers Market Portraits</n> series. Retouching by <n>zach vitale</n>.

<n>Frida Kahlo</n>'s painting <n>El Aborto (The Abortion)</n>, 1932.

The <n>Mudmen</n> of Papua New Guinea. Photo by <n>Steve McCurry</n>.

<n>Quintuple Banbara</n>, a mutant robot from the Japanese tokusatsu series <n>Inazuman</n>.

A headpiece by <n>Katsuya Kamo</n> for <n>Undercover</n>'s Spring/Summer 2006 'T' collection.

A <n>Mexican Clay Devil</n> mask, an example of Mexican <n>folk art</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Hijas del Agua</n> by <n>Ruvén Afanador</n>.

Series - Ruven Afanador - Artists - Fahey Klein Gallery

A shepherd wears a <n>Kepenek</n>, a traditional felt garment from Turkey.

A portrait of model <n>Amanda Lepore</n> from the 2000s.

A performance by the <n>Voladores de Papantla</n>.

<n>Comunas de Medellín</n>, Colombia, photographed on film by <n>Rafael Moura</n>.

A <n>Gagu, Dan</n> masquerade figure in Ivory Coast, photographed by <n>Phyllis Galembo</n> in 2006.

A figure from the <n>Carnival of Cucujães</n> in Portugal. Photo by <n>Alfredo Cunha</n>.

Untitled (1976), an artwork from the <n>Silueta Series</n> by artist <n>Ana Mendieta</n>.

A portrait of <n>Sir David Attenborough</n> from <n>Andrew Langley</n>'s book, <n>The Making of The Living Planet</n>.

A 1984 photograph from <n>The Earth and Its People</n> by <n>Mae Knight Clark</n> and <n>John Jarolimek</n>.

<n>Lechones, Santiago de los Caballeros</n> from the <n>Cimarron</n> series by photographer <n>Charles Fréger</n>.

A <n>Tastoan</n> dancer wears a traditional mask during the <n>Fiesta de Santo Santiago</n> in <n>Tonalá</n>, Jalisco.

A participant at the <n>Carnaval de Santa Catarina Minas</n> in Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by <n>Lalo Ruiz</n>, 2024.

<n>MAMI WATA</n>, a 2023 film by Nigerian filmmaker <n>C.J. “Fiery” Obasi</n>.

<n>A Painting of the Kundalini Tantra</n>, an 18th-century work from Rajasthan, India.

A geoglyph from <n>The Nazca Lines</n> in Peru, created by the <n>Paracas</n> and <n>Nazca</n> cultures.

A portrait of <n>Michèle Lamy</n> in Paris by <n>Matthew Brookes</n> for <n>The New York Times Style Magazine</n>.

The <n>Basilica of Superga</n> and <n>Monviso</n> mountain align with the Moon in a 2023 photo by <n>Valerio Minato</n>.