<n>Katherine Wolkoff</n>'s photograph <n>Deerbeds 02</n> (2007), documenting deer resting places in Maine.

An aerial photograph of the <n>Marismas del Guadalquivir</n> in Spain by <n>Yann Arthus-Bertrand</n>.

<n>Djuren är vårt hopp / Animals are our hope</n>, a 2012 collage by artist <n>Jockum Nordström</n>.

A covered car in Yalta, 1995. Photo by <n>Martin Parr</n>.

Cover for <n>Mira Grant</n>'s 2013 novel <n>Parasite</n>, published by <n>Orbit</n>.

<n>Eclipse of the Sun</n> (1854) by <n>W. & F. Langenheim</n>, the first photos of a total solar eclipse.

A collection of botanical photographs by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A terraced hillside from the book <n>Ancient China</n> (1968) by <n>Edward H. Schafer</n>.

<n>Black Mountain</n> in Wales, credited to <n>connecting dots</n>.

Detail of the <n>French Quarter Blue Wallpaper</n>.

<n>Silver Fish-form Etui</n>, possibly late 18th/early 19th century, from <n>Bonhams Skinner</n> auction.

Photograph for <n>Sonia Rykiel</n> by <n>Dominique Issermann</n>, 1985.

Dancer <n>Allegra Kent</n> photographed by <n>Duane Michals</n>.

From the <n>Mood campaign</n>, shot by <n>Kelley Shaffer</n>.

<n>Check Dress</n> and <n>Frill Strap Cross Body Bag</n> by <n>wedstudio</n>.

The <n>Babylonian Map of the World</n>, also known as <n>Imago Mundi</n>, a clay tablet from c. 600 BC.

A film still from <n>The Color of Pomegranates</n> (1969), directed by <n>Sergei Parajanov</n>.

Ouidahvi. <n>La Grande Dame</n> in Ouidah, Benin, photographed and styled by herself. Hair by <n>Èle Hair Artistry</n>.

Model <n>Medina MohammadSalem</n> from <n>Saida</n>'s project '<n>Memories</n>'.

A <n>Qashqai</n> woman in traditional dress in Iran. Photo by <n>Nasrollah Kasraian</n>.

House owner <n>Abdu Saber</n> with his <n>diwan decoration</n> in Ashkeit, Nubia, 1960. From <n>Marian Wenzel</n>'s book <n>House Decoration in Nubia</n>.

<n>Mynah birds</n> on a <n>Nilgai antelope</n> at Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, India. Photo by <n>Roger Ivens</n>.

Model <n>Shujing Zhou</n> stands in a field for an editorial photograph.

<n>Rachael Yaeger</n> in <n>Classic Blue Cool Jeans</n> for the <n>Still Here</n> <n>Cool Campaign</n>.

<n>Pagpa Tso</n> prostrating on the <n>Tibetan Plateau</n>.

A vintage photograph of a <n>Water Moccasin</n> from <n>National Geographic</n>.

<n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>'s working collage, <n>Adiantum pedatum</n>, c. 1900.