Societal Missions

Photograph of actress <n>Joan Collins</n>. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

A girl from the <n>Palawan</n> society in the Philippines. Photo by <n>Pierre de Vallombreuse</n>.

A still from the 1963 film <n>The Servant</n> by director <n>Joseph Losey</n>.

Choreographer <n>Vidya Patel</n>. Photo by <n>Vivek Vadoliya</n>.

<n>Philippe Petit</n> walks between the <n>World Trade Center</n> towers in 1974. Photo by <n>Jean-Louis Blondeau</n>.

<n>Robin Williams</n> as <n>John Keating</n> in <n>Peter Weir</n>'s 1989 film, <n>Dead Poets Society</n>.

Professor <n>Hubert Alyea</n>, inspiration for Disney's <n>Absent-Minded Professor</n>, in 1953. Photo by <n>Yale Joel</n>.

Illustration from <n>William Stainton Moses</n>'s 1878 book, <n>Psychography</n>.

<n>Nude, 1952</n>, a photograph by <n>Bill Brandt</n>.

Model <n>Yuka Mannami</n> for <n>Pranca</n>'s <n>Lookbook No. 07 'Siesta'</n>, photographed by <n>Vivian Kim</n>.

A campaign image for the <n>Fashion Re-Evolution by AMI</n> second-hand market in Lisbon, November 2021.

<n>Lyn Marshall</n> from her 1975 book <n>Wake Up to Yoga</n>. Photo by <n>Tod</n>.

Photo by <n>Simone Cossettini</n> for <n>CARNALE</n>. Creative direction by <n>AUGUSTO ARDUINI</n> and Cossettini.

Photo illustration by <n>Gluekit</n> for <n>The Wall Street Journal</n>.