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Portrait of author <n>Kazuo Ishiguro</n> for <n>The New York Times Magazine</n>.

A portrait of artist <n>David Hockney</n>.

<n>Waiheke House</n> by <n>Patterson Associates</n>. Photo by <n>Simon Wilson</n>.

<n>Billowing Pleats</n> from <n>Issey Miyake</n>'s Spring/Summer 1995 collection. Photo by <n>Irving Penn</n>.

A still of actor <n>Takashi Shimura</n> in <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>'s 1950 film, <n>Rashomon</n>.

Actress <n>Silvia Pinal</n> in a still from <n>Luis Buñuel</n>'s 1961 film, <n>Viridiana</n>.

Installation of <n>Guiding Red</n> (1977) by <n>Helen Frankenthaler</n> at the <n>André Emmerich Gallery</n>.

From the series <n>Born from Salt</n> by photographer <n>Viviana Bonura</n>.

Digital artwork <n>Hypnagogic Nights</n>.

<n>Mrs. G. Williams</n> as a candelabra at the <n>Pageant of the Superstitions</n> ball in London, 1930. Photo by <n>Sasha</n>.

Artist <n>Francis Bacon</n> in his studio, 1960s. Photo by <n>John Deakin</n>.

Artist <n>Richard Serra</n> at <n>Gemini G.E.L.</n> in 1988. Photo by <n>Sidney B. Felsen</n>.

Model <n>Misty Kyd</n> photographed by <n>Charlotte Wales</n> for <n>Vogue Italia</n>.

Photograph by <n>Daisuke Yokota</n> from his 2011 series <n>Backyard</n>, used as album art for the band <n>drugs in kyoto</n>.