Ricardo Galvez, Giovanna Meneses Pisco and Arely Betzabe pose for a photograph in front of their former home El Ayllu. The family was back in the neighborhood to gather some of their belongings, and Giovanna spent the hours teary-eyed. As soon as families moved out, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, with the help of paid community members, began to demolish the buildings. Courtesy of Elie Gardner hide caption
The elaborately tiled City Hall subway station in New York City — still extant but now closed to the public, alas — used the Guastavino touch to convince wary city dwellers to head underground for a train trip. Michael Freeman/National Buildling Museum hide caption
Allan Arbus on the left, with fellow M.A.S.H. stars Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Burt Metcalfe, Alan Alda, Kellye Nakahara Wallet and Wayne Rogers at an awards ceremony in 2009. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images hide caption
Spc. Tad Donoho screams with pain in 2008 after being administered a "pink belly" for his birthday in Korengal Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Each member of the platoon strikes his stomach until it begins to bruise, hence the name pink belly. From the book Infidel. Tim Hetherington/Magnum Photos hide caption
Three Seminole men accompany an ox-drawn cart through the Everglades of south Florida. Julian Dimock Collection/American Museum of Natural History hide caption
Three-year-old "Esperanza" named her pet pigeon after her wheelchair-bound teenage uncle in Watts, Los Angeles. He was shot by a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting. 1994. Courtesy of Donna DeCesare hide caption
Gun 1, New York, 1955 William Klein/'William Klein ABC'/Abrams hide caption
A photograph taken from behind a burqa, Kabul, 2007. Farzana Wahidy/AP hide caption
From Don Hamerman's series Baseballs. Courtesy of Don Hamerman hide caption
Mary, New York, 2012 Courtesy of Ari Seth Cohen hide caption
The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, designed by Norman Foster (Foster and Partners) Fabrice Fouillet hide caption