Elaine Ling was a tireless explorer. She was particularly drawn to isolated areas and sacred sites marked by temples, stelae, pictographs and cave paintings.
Born and raised in Ostrava, Czechia, Victor Kolář excelled at street photography, seeking out unusual scenarios and the small dramas that inform urban daily life.
The Mégantic series highlights specific aspects of the disaster, while expressing the emotional toll of a community coming to grips with unspeakable loss.
At a time when outdoor portraiture was far less common, Hermann Carl Eduard Biewend enjoyed photographing members of his family outside, like his two children blowing bubbles in a garden.
Employing an unexpected technique, Spring Hurlbut spreads thin layers of human or animal ash across a black surface, then photographs the resulting composition.
