Photography

Bradenburg Gate #1, Berlin, Germany, New Year's Eve, 1989 Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon Foundation hide caption

Coniferous trees such as the Aomori white fir lie covered with crystallized ice and snow — described as "silver frost" or "snow monsters" at Zao Ski Resort, one of Japan's oldest and most popular ski destinations, 2007. Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images hide caption

This image, released by the North Korean Central News Agency, was taken within seconds of the one above. An analysis shows that it was digitally altered, removing the cluster of men on the left edge and enhancing the perfect line of mourners. KCNA/EPA /Landov hide caption

A young girl talking to Santa Claus on the telephone, 1947. Martha Holmes/Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images hide caption

Protecting Dreams, Phoenix, Ariz. Jesse Rieser hide caption

North Korean children perform in a primary school in Pyongyang. Feng Li/Getty Images hide caption

Bootsy Collins. Michael Weintrob hide caption

A previously unpublished photo shows training with gas masks in Hawaii, early 1942. William C. Shrout/Life hide caption