Far Left
Edgar Degas
Dancer bending, between 1881 and 1883
Photographer: Christian Jean
Musée d'Orsay
Image and original data provided by Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, N.Y.
Top Center
Paul Cézanne
Boat and Bathers (La Barque et les baigneurs), c. 1890
Musée de l'Orangerie
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Bottom Center
Edgar Degas
Houses by the sea, c. 1869
Musée d'Orsay
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Far Right
Anonymous
Meiping Vase. 10th-17th Century
Musée Guimet
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Featuring: Réunion des Musées Nationaux
Far Left
Museum staff viewing suspended Whale model, Hall of Ocean Life, 1969
Photographers: Alex J. Rota and Arthur Singer
Image and original data provided by American Museum of Natural History Library.
Top Center
George Adams mounting 'Raffles', the talking crow, 1946
Photographer: Alex J. Rota
Image and original data provided by American Museum of Natural History Library.
Bottom Center
Paul Wright working on sketch model of American Bison Group, 1939
Photographer: Charles H. Coles
Image and original data provided by American Museum of Natural History Library.
Far Right
Museum staff cleaning elephant skin, 1933
Photographer: Thane L. Bierwert
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Featuring: American Museum of Natural History
Far Left
Mads Nissen
A portrait of Ouma (14), recently married. In Niger, three out of every four women are married before the age of 18. These marriages are often arranged between the girl's parents and her future husband to be, who has to pay for the girl with a dowry
2008, Maradi, Niger
©Mads Nissen / Panos Pictures.
Top Center
Andrew McConnell
The Herbarium at the Yangambi Research Station, containing over 100,000 plant specimens. Every specimen in the Herbarium is at least 50 years old and was collected by Belgians from all over Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
2008, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo
© Andrew McConnell / Panos Pictures
Bottom Center
Chris Stowers
The traditional art of glass bead making is kept alive in Sandimen Aboriginal Village,
2009, Sandimen Aborig, Taiwan
©Chris Stowers / Panos Pictures
Far Right
Jeroen Oerlemans
Friday, the day of rest in the Islamic world. Children in the old city climb the dome of a mosque,
2003, Kurdistan, Iraq.
© Jeroen Oerlemans / Panos Pictures
Featuring: Panos Pictures