Kafka's Apartment

Women of Santa Ana, Mexico, 1933. Paul Strand. Hand-Pulled Dust-Grain Photogravure.

Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus), an extremely tiny/rare species of hummingbird, native to South America and Trinidad. During courtship rituals, males fan their plumes out while hovering in a lyrical side-to-side pendulum motion in front of a female. Not Al.

Storms Near Sante Fe, New Mexico, 1965. Liliane De Cock. Gelatin silver

In ancient myths, rape is meant to mean “to seize," "to snatch," or "to carry away by force."

Winnowing Grain, Taos, New Mexico, 1942. Ansel Adams. Gelatin silver.

Lise Sewing, 1866. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Oil on canvas

Paul Newman, 1967. Lawrence Schiller. Silver gelatin.

Big Rock, Kentucky, July 1964. William Gedney. Gelatin silver.

Water Lily, 1880. Martin Johnson Heade. Oil on canvas.

Entrance to the Village of Osny, 1882-83. Paul Gauguin. Oil on canvas.

A photographer capturing a striking close-up portrait of a Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus). The largest of the pelican species. The video cuts from the photographer's perspective to the final high-resolution shot—a stunning, highly detailed macro portrait of the pelican's face.

San Francisco, 1966. William Gedney. Gelatin silver print.

Winter Dory, King's Beach, Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1880. Charles Edwin Lewis Green. Oil on canvas.

A man painting Notre-Dame Cathedral in July 1945 from the banks of the Seine River, 1945. AFP. Silver print on baryta paper

The Pastrycook, 1928. August Sander. Gelatin silver

A Rose, 1907. Thomas P. Anshutz. Oil on canvas.