Far away worlds

Photo by <n>Jack Garofalo</n> for <n>Paris Match</n> in Iran, 1960s.

Traditional <n>Amazigh hair ornaments</n> from the Ziz Valley, Morocco, 1934. Photo by <n>Jean Besancenot</n>.

A shepherd inside the <n>Orcus</n> sculpture at the <n>Sacro Bosco</n> in Bomarzo, Italy. Photo by <n>Herbert List</n>, 1952.

The <n>Casa-cueva</n> (Cave House) in Mexico City, designed by architect <n>Juan O'Gorman</n>.

Monks from <n>Mount Sichimen monastery</n> before <n>Mount Fuji</n>, Japan, 1961. Photo by <n>Burt Glinn</n>.

The cover art for the 2010 album <n>Let It Sway</n> by <n>Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin</n>.

Photo of <n>Aïcha Van Acker</n> by <n>Annemarieke van den Broek</n>, an outtake for <n>Vogue Living NL</n>.

Photo by <n>David Lewis</n> of the <n>Sentinelese people</n> on <n>North Sentinel Island</n>, 1988.

A <n>Zarma woman</n> with pottery in Niger, c. 1970.

<n>Rangda</n> and a <n>Dancer</n> in a performance in Bali, 1928. From the <n>KPM</n> brochure, <n>Bali, a Garden of Eden</n>.

The <n>Monastery of Saint George of Koziba</n> nestled in the cliffs of <n>Wadi Qelt</n> in the Judean Desert.

The <n>Colossi of Memnon</n> during the seasonal flooding of the Nile in Thebes, Egypt, 1965.

The <n>Urn Tomb</n>, a <n>Nabataean</n> structure and one of the Royal Tombs in <n>Petra</n>, Jordan.

<n>A long way to Sulawesi</n>, 1979. Photo by <n>Kal Müller</n>.

Handcrafted <n>avant-garde</n> rings by artist <n>TÓ GARAL</n>.

A <n>Land Rover Defender</n> at the <n>Camel Trophy</n> event, from the <n>Camel Trophy Club Archive</n>.

<n>Nathaniel Farrell</n>'s <n>Wheatfield—A Confrontation</n> (1976). Photo by <n>USDA Soil Conservation Service</n>.

A performance of the <n>Ketjak</n> dance in Bali from the 1974 book <n>Sacred dance: encounter with the gods</n>.

Photograph by <n>Félix Teynard</n>, 1851-52.

<n>Quetzal dancers</n> on their way to church in <n>San Andrés Xecul</n>, Guatemala.

<n>Victor Place</n> and photographer <n>Gabriel Tranchand</n> with a <n>Lamassu</n> during excavations in <n>Khorsabad</n>, Iraq, 1852.

Two figures in traditional <n>Tibetan ceremonial masks</n> and costumes in Tibet.

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A woman makes pots in <n>Bilbil village</n>, <n>Madang</n>. Published by <n>Garrick Cards</n>.

<n>Kabyle women</n> carrying water in Algeria, c. 1905-1910. Photo by <n>Rudolf Lehnert</n> and <n>Ernst Landrock</n>.

A 2006 portrait of <n>Janet Jackson</n> by photographer <n>Stewart Shining</n>.

<n>North Africa Oasis water carriers</n>, c. 1910-1920s.

<n>Orthodox Ethiopian worshippers</n> celebrate <n>Gena (Ethiopian Christmas)</n> at the <n>Church of St. George</n> in <n>Lalibela</n>.

Monks in Siam, 1953. Photo by <n>Jean-Philippe Charbonnier</n>.

<n>Près de la Caverne, Terrain Brûlé</n>, ca. 1863. Photo by <n>Eugène Cuvelier</n>.

<n>Phangnga Bay</n>, Thailand, 1982. Photo by <n>Steve Raymer</n>.

Monks at the <n>Dhammakaya Cetiya</n> stupa, <n>Wat Phra Dhammakaya</n> temple, Thailand. Photo by <n>Luke Duggleby</n>.