Keith Haring

Keith Haring in a subway car in New York, ca.1983

Photograph: Tseng Kwong Chi

Pop Shop II, 1988

by Keith Haring

Silkscreen

David Olusoga

Historian and writer David Olusoga, photographed in Bristol for the author interview in the New Review. 2021. Photograph: Karen Robinson - The Observer.

(Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter)

The Shadow

The Shadow, January 1, 1942

Artwork by Jerome & George Rozen

The Shadow, June 15, 1942

Artwork by Jerome & George Rozen

South Africa

Portrait of Maqomama and his wife Katyi, South Africa, ca.1869. Photograph: William Moore (attr) Courtesy the Walther Collection.

Leonard Cohen

First we take our nebuliser … Leonard Cohen in Clinic, 1979

Photograph: Ian Cook

California

Half Dome, Cottonwood Trees, Yosemite, California, 1935

Photograph: Ansel Adams

Gelatin silver print

The Christmas Season

Boy looking at Xmas toys in shop window in New York circa 1910. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. (Shorpy)

Children looking at a selection of Christmas Cards during the 1910 holiday season. The New York Times photo archive. Unknown author.

Los Angeles

Park in Los Angeles, 1975

Photograph: Gary Krueger

Billy Williams

Billy Williams, 65-year-old squatter, living in a shack he built himself, Washington County, Illinois, January 1942. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. (Shorpy)

Manet

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882

by Édouard Manet

Oil on canvas

Coney Island

Coney Island, 1953

Photograph: Marvin E Newman

Living Doll

Living Doll, 2020

Photo: Anita Fitzgerald & Fiona McKerrell

Red Square

Decoration of the Red Square. Moscow, USSR. 1988

Photograph: Inge Morath - Magnum Photos

Martin Parr

Untitled, 1997

From the 'Benidorm series'

Photograph: Martin Parr

Keep Out Of My Coffin!

Strange Detective, January 1943

Artwork by Milton Luros

Strange Detective, September 1942

Artwork by Milton Luros

Dangerous Road

Gefährliche Straße (Dangerous road) 1918

by George Grosz

Oil on canvas

Black Earth

Farmers at Black Earth, Wisconsin. August 1941. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (Shorpy)

Julie Blackmon

Baby Toss, U.S.A. 2009

Photograph: Julie Blackmon

Bondi

Bondi Beach, AU. 1939

Photo: Max Dupain

Gelatin silver print

Bela Yawanawá

Bela Yawanawá, from the village of Mutum, with a headdress and painted face. Rio Gregório indigenous territory, state of Acre, Brazil, 2016. Photograph: Sebastião Salgado.

Female Portraits

Portrait of a Lady, ca.1630

by Diego Velázquez

Oil on canvas

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011

Photograph: David Alan Harvey

Magnum Photo

Marcus Jansen

Millennials, 2019

by Marcus Jansen

Oil & Enamel on Canvas

Belfast

Belfast, 1977, Two women casually walk past English soldiers in riot gear during protests in Belfast at Queen Elizabeth II’s August visit to Northern Ireland. Photograph: Michael Ward.

Girl with Doll

“Girl with Doll, Keystone, WV,” 1968. Photograph: Arthur Tress. Fiber-based gelatin silver print. (Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia).

Georg Baselitz

Painting for the Fathers, 1965

by Georg Baselitz

Oil on canvas

Powerhouse Mechanic

Powerhouse Mechanic and Steam Pump,1921. One of Lewis Wickes Hine's celebrated "work portraits" made after his decade-long project documenting child labour. (Shorpy)

Tobias Zielony

Make Up, From Maskirovka, 2017

Photograph: Tobias Zielony

Inkjet print

Untitled, 2008, From the series Trona – Armpit of America, Courtesy KOW, Berlin. Photograph: Tobias Zielony.

Cycles

Terrot & Co Dijon, n/d

Artwork by Francisco Tamagno

Pneus Pirelli, ca.1913

Artwork by S. C. Bailie

Laughton & O’Hara

Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1939. Photograph: Rko Pictures/Allstar.

Road Accident

Mexico City, 1974

Photograph: Enrique Metinides

(Michael Hoppen Gallery)

Marie Curie

Marie Curie, 1925

Bettmann Archive