Fists of Light N Darkness

A soldier of the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment poses with a puppy he rescued on the front lines during World War I, 1918.

Escaped slave Gordon, also known as 'Whipped Peter,' shows the scars on his back in Louisiana, 1863.

The golden glasses of Akan chiefs. Long before shutter shades became a thing in popular culture, chiefs of the West African tribes wore barred up lenses made from solid gold. Their purpose wasn't for vision or sight but it was rather a social structure that symbolized the hierarchy. The purpose of the glasses was that nobody could look the chief in the eyes. Highlighting the significance and power dynamic within the tribe

People from the Kindgom of Zanzibar during the late 1890s, early 1900s. Photos taken by travelers of the locals.

Mary Smith, a “knocker-upper” who earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at windows to wake people for work (East London, 1930s)

A young man caring for his grandfather, 1974

José Saramago

Fisicamente, habitamos um espaço, mas, sentimentalmente, somos habitados por uma memória. -José Saramago

Canada's First Nations people - 1910

Olmec head. 40 tons. 3,500 years old.

In the 1950s, there was a job called lipstick tester, where the role involved being kissed all day to test the durability and quality of the lipstick.

21-years old Yves Saint Laurent at Christian Dior's funeral (1957)

Fernando Pessoa

Kurdish fighters in Iraq, 1970s.