Land of Relicts

This photograph captures the stone guardians of Yongtai Mausoleum, once protectors of the emperor’s tomb and symbols of the Song dynasty’s majesty. Weathered by war and time, they now stand in desolation, silent witnesses to past glory and the shadows of history.

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Mark Blickley
New York
A visual response I sent to a friend after we had a silly, heated July 4th discussion over why I prefer tea to coffee in the morning, because he reproached me as an un-American Anglophile.
Federico Torretti
Milan
Machine-generated imagery, future projections of a marginalised mankind. Cold technology contrasts with the warmth of physical touch, endless fields of inhospitable space. In a fragile space between these two worlds, lies a reality that no longer recognises itself. One's living space becomes an…
Nika Pailodze
Tbilisi
In the highlands of Adjara, during the summer, people move to the alpine zones with their cattle for grazing. They often take their young children along. While it's partly a time of rest, the children also help with various tasks. They wake up early to assist in driving the cattle to pasture. I…
Jess Leaf Lensmire
Milwaukee
June 17th, I believe it was Saturday in the afternoon.  There is a skatepark that won't show up on your gps in Milwaukee, where people sweat, elbow a buddy after they said something stupid, drink and share cigs during dusk and oft until 4 am.  Sometimes the lone wolf skaters will work on…