Afghanistan, 1963

Susan Sontag, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh

Hope Sandoval (1990′s)

Georges Rochegrosse (1859–1938), Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers) (detail) (1894), oil on canvas, 235.5 x 374 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.

“Most people fall in love for the first time as teenagers. I guess I’m a late bloomer. Maybe I’m too picky. On May 30th 1995, I finally fell in love for the first time. It was raining that night. When I looked at her, I suddenly felt like I was a store. And she was me. Without any warning, she suddenly enters the store. I don’t know how long she’ll stay. The longer the better, of course.”

Christ in the Garden of Olives (The Agony in the Garden)(detail, 1824-6) Eugène Delacroix

my mom took this nearly 10 years ago. she was outside and just happened to have her camera when some newlyweds went by on a bicycle for two

Woman and Cats by Will Barnet, 1962

Khövsgöl Lake Festival, Mongolia, Celine Jentzsch Photography