Flower Still-life with an Alabaster Vase, 1783 by Gerard van Spaendonck via Rijksmuseum

Marianne Breslauer, Self-portrait, Berlin, 1933

Alain Delon.

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A constellation of swimmers passes overhead off Hawaii's Kona coast during the 1999 Ironman Triathlon. Contestants swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, then run 26.2 miles. Winning time: 8 hours, 17 minutes, 17 seconds- down more than 3 hours since 1978. National Geographic (2000)

"Her hair cropped in a short, boyish bob, she stands shirtless, wearing her famous necklace of chrome-plated ball bearings, atop a snowy mountain, arms outstretched, her bare back to the camera. 'That photograph of a strong woman, triumphantly embracing nature, is the perfect image of my mother,' says Pernette Perriand. 'She announces the contemporary woman, emancipated and free.'" - Laurie Hurwitz

Emilia W. Olsen, “Free Palestine” (2023)

Haidee Becker's North London home and studio. Photography by Mark Anthony Fox for House & Garden.

Raúl Cañibano, Vinales, 2007