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Anika Burgess

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Behind the Scenes Photos of NYC's Steinway Piano Factory

Photographing the intricate craft of creating a piano.

Photographing the World's Secret Subterranean Spaces

What exactly lies beneath us?

Starkly Beautiful Brutalist Buildings, Photographed in Black and White

A celebration of controversial concrete.

Fancy Living in a Tree? Take a Look at These Dream Treehouses

Enchanting architecture in the tree-tops.

Vintage Photos of Lumberjacks and the Giant Trees They Felled

Loggers posing with the trees they cut down by hand.

The Hidden Beauty That Only Satellites Can See

From space, Earth is living art.

Exploring Moscow’s Majestic Metro Stations

History, symbolism, and beauty beneath Russia's capital.

Photos of the World at Twilight, When Everything is a Hushed Grey

Between daylight and night, the world is a monochrome canvas.

The Hushed Interiors of 19th Century Libraries

Gaze thoughtfully at vintage photographs of book-lined rooms.

The Strikingly Well-Preserved Modernist Homes of Pre-Revolutionary Cuba

Photographing history in Havana's Nuevo Vedado neighborhood.

Gloriously Melodramatic Portraits of 19th-Century Shakespearean Actors

Never was a portrait of more woe than overwrought actors playing Romeo.

On the Scene: Plunging into Snow at the Foot of a Volcano

A photographer documents life at a geothermal plant amid 29 active volcanoes.

On the Scene: The Japanese City Where the Deer Roam Free

In Nara, you can stroll along the streets with a doe.

On the Scene: In the Underwater Shadow of a Giant Manta Ray

Off the coast of Mexico, a photographer captures marine life in black and white.

On the Scene: Chasing the Ominous Clouds of a Supercell Thunderstorm

Meet the photographer who runs into the path of severe weather.

On the Scene: Amid the Fighter Jets of the USS Enterprise

A photographer's experience ducking jet exhaust on board the aircraft carrier.

Glorious Vintage-Inspired Posters of America's National Parks

The new posters pay homage to the 1930s originals.

Photos of the Radio Telescopes that Converse with the Universe

Gaze at six wondrous radio telescopes from Australia to Latvia.

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Photo of the Week: The Nuns Who Went to WWI

In 1918, the Daughters of Charity were deployed to a hospital near the Italian Front.

The Rare, Retro Cover Art of Albums That Were Never for Sale

Vintage albums made for television were pretty groovy, man.

Photos of Hong Kong’s Dimming Neon Noir Landscape

A striking look at Hong Kong's disappearing neon signs.

See Yellowstone's Beauty Change Through The Ages

How one photographer rephotographed the sites from an 1871 expedition.

See What Artists-in-Residence at a Trash Dump Create

Meet the artists who transform San Francisco's trash into art.

The Strange Loveliness of Europe's Recycling Plants

Beautiful photographs of waste being reused, repurposed and recycled.