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Sculptor <n>Ruth Asawa</n> in her San Francisco studio with her <n>Tied Wire Sculptures</n>, 1957. Photo by <n>Imogen Cunningham</n>.

A still from the 1983 film <n>Pauline à la plage</n>, directed by <n>Éric Rohmer</n>.

Waves from <n>Hurricane Igor</n>. The image is used as the cover for the novel <n>Chasing Tides</n>.

Photo of a plant-filled office cubicle by <n>alfexe</n> for <n>Getty Images</n>.

A still of actor <n>Thérèse Liotard</n> in <n>Agnès Varda</n>'s 1977 film, <n>One Sings, the Other Doesn't</n>.

Meanders of the <n>Cauto River</n> in Cuba. Photo by <n>Yann Arthus-Bertrand</n>.

Artwork by South Korean artist <n>Kibong Rhee</n>.

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A moss garden at a Buddhist Temple in Kyoto. Photo by <n>Monique Kawecki</n>.

<n>Phyllis Patterson</n>, creator of the <n>Renaissance Pleasure Faire</n>, hugs a <n>Redwood Tree</n>. Photo by <n>Ron Patterson</n>.

A photograph from <n>Claudine Doury</n>'s series <n>Loulan Beauty</n>, taken in Uzbekistan in 2002.

The <n>Schrainbachfall</n> waterfall at Königssee, Germany. Photo by <n>Tuxyso</n>.

The atelier of French artist <n>François Houtin</n>, photographed by <n>Jean-François Jaussaud</n> for <n>Côté Sud</n>.

A summer scene in <n>Puglia</n>, Italy, from the brand <n>Prickly Pears</n>.

A still from <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s 1967 film <n>La Collectionneuse</n>.

The <n>North Sea</n> and the <n>Baltic Sea</n> meet at <n>Skagen</n>, Denmark.

A still from the 1969 film <n>Les femmes</n>.

Photo by <n>Nicolas Quiniou</n> in <n>Ischia</n>, Italy.

Moss-covered landscape in <n>Iceland</n>. Photo by <n>greaterland</n>.

The <n>Underground Library</n> at <n>Kurkku Fields</n> in Japan, designed by architect <n>Hiroshi Nakamura</n> & <n>NAP</n>.

<n>Gustav Klimt</n>'s studio in 1918 with his unfinished paintings <n>Lady with a Fan</n> and <n>The Bride</n>. Photo by <n>Moritz Nähr</n>.

<n>Endless Summer</n> by <n>Kerry Wheeler</n> at the <n>Hotel Miramalfi</n> on the Amalfi Coast.

Actor <n>Astrid Bergès-Frisbey</n> as Sofi in <n>Mike Cahill</n>'s 2014 film <n>I Origins</n>.

The moss garden at <n>Saiho-ji Temple</n> in Kyoto, Japan.

A still from the 2000 film <n>As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty</n> by <n>Jonas Mekas</n>.