Jet fighter and the Hohenzollern Castle in West Germany, 1980s

If there is one thing that nobody ever tells you about young love, it’s that your days are numbered from the start.

Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. Unable to return home, he had to stay in space until further notice. The cosmonaut eventually returned back to earth after 10 months in orbit - to a very different nation.

Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

German firefighters being tested on their ability to source a sound in the dark, 1940s

“My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine.”

— Tallulah Bankhead

Just a casual day in Sarajevo, having a drink with a friend behind some sandbags in case of sniper fire.

“Is there not in all life itself robbing and killing?”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part Three, “On Old and New Tablets,” §10 (excerpt).

Trent Parke, Television On, 2007

Johnny Cash waiting to play at Folsom prison, 1968

February 3, 1954: Nighttime skaters at Wollman Rink in Central Park.

Jenny Holzer, Public Art, Times Square, New York, 1982