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<em>Untitled</em>, 2018.
forests

Enchanting Illustrations Carved From Old Books

Open the covers to a world of holloways, moonlit leaves, and forest creatures.
Anika Burgess April 6, 2018
<em>Leningrad</em>, 1979.
soviet history

30,000 Hidden Images Reveal the World of a Soviet-Era Photographer

The secret trove of film and negatives, stashed in a Russian attic.
Anika Burgess April 2, 2018
Dunne's Bakery, Callan, County Kilkenny.
signs

A Last Look at Ireland's Disappearing Storefronts

Photographing the colors and typography of traditional Irish shops.
Anika Burgess March 29, 2018
An Ordnance Survey worker points his arrow at a revision point, while laughing children look on.
maps

How Arrow-Wielding Men Mapped Britain in the 1940s

Recently unearthed photos show beleaguered surveyors in suits holding pointy wooden markers.
Cara Giaimo March 27, 2018
An abandoned cottage by an inlet in Iceland's Westfjords.
abandoned

Exploring Iceland's Beautiful, Desolate Westfjords

Abandoned homes in dramatic landscapes.
Anika Burgess March 23, 2018
A snow leopard in a pile of garbage.
animals

Snow Leopards Shouldn't Have to Deal With Our Garbage

But as this photo shows, they do.
Cara Giaimo March 23, 2018
<em>Hyrda</em>.
nature

Photographing a Stormy Sea in All Its Mythic Glory

Relentlessly imposing waves.
Anika Burgess March 21, 2018
David Peterman and one of his muses.
infrastructure

This Man Took a Photo With Every Mailbox in Seattle

David Peterman spent about a year on this valiant quest.
Cara Giaimo March 21, 2018
Banana docks, New York, ca. 1890-1910.
photography

The Passionate Photo Colorizers Who Are Humanizing the Past

When black-and-white images can be hard to relate to, adding color evokes empathy.
Gray Chapman March 19, 2018
<em>Strolling on Silk</em>.
landscapes

12 Otherworldly Landscapes From the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

Beautifully surreal images.
Anika Burgess March 16, 2018
A lid with a sippy cup-style aperture.
collections

Decoding the Design History of Your Coffee Cup Lid

It's a modern marvel.
Anika Burgess March 13, 2018
Cunningsburgh, on Mainland, Shetland, with meadows full of "coles" of hay, photographed by J.D Ratter, c. 1920s.
libraries

The Libraries That Preserve the History of Small Islands

Tiny islands, great archives.
Anika Burgess March 9, 2018
Diving along the main building.
abandoned

Diving Into Estonia's Abandoned Underwater Prison

A former Soviet labor camp is now partially flooded, like an island in the middle of a lake.
Anika Burgess March 7, 2018
<em>Locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Oakland, Maryland</em>, unknown photographer, c. 1860.
photography

How Photographs Printed on Paper Changed 19th-Century America

Shareable images have always had an impact.
Anika Burgess March 2, 2018
<em>We Shall Liberate Taiwan!</em>, by the Hongyingbi (Red Eagle Brush) unit of the Air Force Unit of Nanjing Military Region, 1969.
art

The Art of Chinese Propaganda Posters

A glimpse inside the collection of Shaomin Li, artist and dissident.
Anika Burgess February 23, 2018
You could tell that this abandoned villa in Piedmont, northern Italy, was once inhabited by a couple.
photography

Documenting the Beauty of Italy's Abandoned Villas

The photographer Eleonora Costi spent the last four years tracking down her country's crumbling treasures.
Vittoria Traverso February 22, 2018
A Kotobuki, a creature consisting of all 12 signs in the Zodiac, from Japanese mythology.
mythology

One Artist's Mission to Illustrate All the World's Mythical Beasts

Squonks, Lindworms, Dijiangs, and more.
Anika Burgess February 21, 2018
This researcher captured a single atom between two electrodes.
science

An Otherworldly Photograph of a Single Atom

It is suspended in the skinny gulf between two electrodes.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 13, 2018