<n>My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire</n>, a 1982 photocollage by artist <n>David Hockney</n>.

<n>Alain Delon</n> and <n>Brigitte Bardot</n> in Saint-Tropez, 1968.

A 1967 print advertisement for <n>Career Club Shirts</n> by <n>Truval Shirt Co., Inc.</n>

A photograph by <n>Paola Franqui</n> from her photobook, <n>Momentos</n>.

A woman at the <n>Metropolitan Opera</n>'s 61st season in New York, 1944. Photo by <n>Alfred Eisenstaedt</n>.

A couple on the Left Bank of the Seine in Paris, 1961. Photo by <n>Loomis Dean</n> for the <n>LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

Russian skater <n>Igor</n>, who has been practicing the sport since 1981.

A surrealist drawing by artist <n>Silvia Mukherjee</n>.

A portrait taken in Italy. Photo by <n>Lucy Hamidzadeh</n>.

1974 print ad by <n>Polaroid</n> for the <n>SX-70 Land Camera</n>.

A man reads a newspaper in <n>Basantapur Durbar Square</n>, Kathmandu, 2019. Photo by <n>Nabin K. Sapkota</n>.

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A view of <n>Grand Teton National Park</n> in Wyoming, photographed by <n>Hansel Mieth</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n> in 1941.

1962 print ad for <n>Chanel N°5</n> perfume. Photo by <n>Richard Avedon</n> for <n>Vogue</n>.

<n>Mick Jagger</n> performs on stage in 1975 wearing a t-shirt from <n>The Rolling Stones</n>' U.S. tour.

<n>Percy</n> in Hay-on-Wye, 2016. Photo by <n>Niall McDiarmid</n>.

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A photograph by <n>Gareth Llewellyn</n> taken in Teguise, Lanzarote.

<n>Mark Rothko</n>'s painting <n>Untitled (Blue Divided by Blue)</n> from 1966.

Brazilian footballer <n>Sócrates</n> in the 1970s, with a <n>VW Brasília</n> in the background.

Interior of the <n>Metropolitan Opera House</n> in New York City, 1958. Photo by <n>Ralph Morse</n>.

Cover art for the 2021 song <n>ngoại lệ của nhau</n> by <n>Obito (VNM)</n>, produced by <n>itsnk</n>.

<n>Elvis Presley</n> performs on <n>The Milton Berle Show</n>, June 5, 1956. Photo by <n>Bettmann</n>.

A promotional image for the <n>Burroughs TC500 Terminal Computer</n>.

A 1965 page from <n>16 Magazine</n> featuring <n>Paul McCartney</n>, <n>George Harrison</n>, <n>Ringo Starr</n>, and <n>John Lennon</n>.

A 2011 portrait of <n>Karoline</n>, aged 102, from the series <n>Aging Gracefully</n> by <n>Karsten Thormaehlen</n>.

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Spectators in Naples watch the 1944 eruption of <n>Mount Vesuvius</n>. Photo by <n>George Rodger</n>.