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From Nuclear Power to Brutal Silence: Reginald Van de Velde’s Haunting Photographs of Abandoned Cooling Towers

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June 17, 2025

In his striking series Landscapes Within, Belgian photographer and urban explorer Reginald Van de Velde turns his lens toward a…

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Richard Avedon’s In the American West: A Portrait Series That Turned Its Lens from Glamour to Grit

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June 16, 2025

In 1985, when Richard Avedon's In the American West debuted, it didn’t just surprise people, it unsettled them. Avedon, the…

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Photos From The Most Fashionable Nordic City

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February 8, 2025

For nearly two decades, a Helsinki-based photographer with an eye for street style has been capturing the Finnish capital's best-dressed…

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Photos from the Carefree Early Years of Ibiza’s Party Scene

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February 8, 2025

A revealing glance by one Spanish photographer into the halcyon early days of the Ibizan clubbing and party scene, where…

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Rare Photos of Southern California Skateboarders Tearing Up Empty Pools in the 70s

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February 8, 2025

Rediscovered photos of the renegade pool skating phenomenon of 70s Southern California captured by Craig Fineman.