A Lens on the World

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

A lane of lanterns at Shengjiaxu, and one small red smile in the dark.

The Atlantic path toward San Juan de Gaztelugatxe.

Spain’s 2026 total solar eclipse, outside León.

Peaches stacked at the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market after the rain.

Tracey Emin’s neon: “If you don’t have anything nice to say… don’t say anything at all.”

A tide of scooters at dusk in front of an old colonial building.

The White Cliffs of Dover.

The cliffs of Uluwatu above the surf.

A lizard sunning itself on the pool edge.

A spaniel watching the cliffs.

The old Yau Ma Tei Police Station on Canton Road.

Moray's circular terraces

Chun Yeung Street market, where the tram runs between the stalls.

Sunset over the surf at Seminyak.

A capybara wearing a mandarin orange.

A swan on the shore of the Serpentine.

Sunset over the Serpentine.

Red howler monkeys crossing a canopy bridge

A volcano rising over the jungle at dawn.

Kirkjufell and the frozen falls of Kirkjufellsfoss.

Chungking Mansions, where Chungking Express begins.

萬芳 and 壯女們 on stage — “人生幾見月當頭” projected behind them.

The Palace of Westminster in morning light.

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

A lane of lanterns at Shengjiaxu, and one small red smile in the dark.

The Atlantic path toward San Juan de Gaztelugatxe.

Spain’s 2026 total solar eclipse, outside León.

Peaches stacked at the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market after the rain.

Tracey Emin’s neon: “If you don’t have anything nice to say… don’t say anything at all.”

A tide of scooters at dusk in front of an old colonial building.

The White Cliffs of Dover.

The cliffs of Uluwatu above the surf.

A lizard sunning itself on the pool edge.

A spaniel watching the cliffs.

The old Yau Ma Tei Police Station on Canton Road.

Moray's circular terraces

Chun Yeung Street market, where the tram runs between the stalls.

Sunset over the surf at Seminyak.

A capybara wearing a mandarin orange.

A swan on the shore of the Serpentine.

Sunset over the Serpentine.

Red howler monkeys crossing a canopy bridge

A volcano rising over the jungle at dawn.

Kirkjufell and the frozen falls of Kirkjufellsfoss.

Chungking Mansions, where Chungking Express begins.

萬芳 and 壯女們 on stage — “人生幾見月當頭” projected behind them.

The Palace of Westminster in morning light.

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

A lane of lanterns at Shengjiaxu, and one small red smile in the dark.

The Atlantic path toward San Juan de Gaztelugatxe.

Spain’s 2026 total solar eclipse, outside León.

Peaches stacked at the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market after the rain.

Tracey Emin’s neon: “If you don’t have anything nice to say… don’t say anything at all.”

A tide of scooters at dusk in front of an old colonial building.

The White Cliffs of Dover.

The cliffs of Uluwatu above the surf.

A lizard sunning itself on the pool edge.

A spaniel watching the cliffs.

The old Yau Ma Tei Police Station on Canton Road.

Moray's circular terraces

Chun Yeung Street market, where the tram runs between the stalls.

Sunset over the surf at Seminyak.

A capybara wearing a mandarin orange.

A swan on the shore of the Serpentine.

Sunset over the Serpentine.

Red howler monkeys crossing a canopy bridge

A volcano rising over the jungle at dawn.

Kirkjufell and the frozen falls of Kirkjufellsfoss.

Chungking Mansions, where Chungking Express begins.

萬芳 and 壯女們 on stage — “人生幾見月當頭” projected behind them.

The Palace of Westminster in morning light.

Dawn over Þingvallavatn at Þingvellir, the lake where two continents part.

A tiled street sign and the warm pulse of Madrid.

A Semana Grande moment in Donostia.

Sunset over the Miraflores coastline

Skólavörðustígur’s rainbow street and Christmas lights, Hallgrímskirkja at its end.

Sunset from the plane window, somewhere on the way to Bali.

Machu Picchu's terraces

The harbour and the town in late light.

A tram passing the Sunbeam Theatre, home of Cantonese opera.

The Kecak fire dance at Uluwatu Temple.

An aurora arc above the lava rocks of the Reykjavík shore.

Icebergs packed into Jökulsárlón in the morning blue.

A green sea turtle in the shallows.

Punts gliding under Clare Bridge.

Two Bali cattle in the grass.

Llamas graze among the ruins

A pair of hoatzins, the Amazon’s “stinkbirds”

A caiman in the river

A curved wall of flats along King’s Road, Quarry Bay, with the hill behind.

Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley

Victoria Harbour at night, the island’s skyline across the water.

Morning clouds over the harbour and Hong Kong Island, from Tsim Sha Tsui.

The oak galleries and skylight of Daunt Books.

Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear at the Courtauld.

Dawn over Þingvallavatn at Þingvellir, the lake where two continents part.

A tiled street sign and the warm pulse of Madrid.

A Semana Grande moment in Donostia.

Sunset over the Miraflores coastline

Skólavörðustígur’s rainbow street and Christmas lights, Hallgrímskirkja at its end.

Sunset from the plane window, somewhere on the way to Bali.

Machu Picchu's terraces

The harbour and the town in late light.

A tram passing the Sunbeam Theatre, home of Cantonese opera.

The Kecak fire dance at Uluwatu Temple.

An aurora arc above the lava rocks of the Reykjavík shore.

Icebergs packed into Jökulsárlón in the morning blue.

A green sea turtle in the shallows.

Punts gliding under Clare Bridge.

Two Bali cattle in the grass.

Llamas graze among the ruins

A pair of hoatzins, the Amazon’s “stinkbirds”

A caiman in the river

A curved wall of flats along King’s Road, Quarry Bay, with the hill behind.

Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley

Victoria Harbour at night, the island’s skyline across the water.

Morning clouds over the harbour and Hong Kong Island, from Tsim Sha Tsui.

The oak galleries and skylight of Daunt Books.

Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear at the Courtauld.

Dawn over Þingvallavatn at Þingvellir, the lake where two continents part.

A tiled street sign and the warm pulse of Madrid.

A Semana Grande moment in Donostia.

Sunset over the Miraflores coastline

Skólavörðustígur’s rainbow street and Christmas lights, Hallgrímskirkja at its end.

Sunset from the plane window, somewhere on the way to Bali.

Machu Picchu's terraces

The harbour and the town in late light.

A tram passing the Sunbeam Theatre, home of Cantonese opera.

The Kecak fire dance at Uluwatu Temple.

An aurora arc above the lava rocks of the Reykjavík shore.

Icebergs packed into Jökulsárlón in the morning blue.

A green sea turtle in the shallows.

Punts gliding under Clare Bridge.

Two Bali cattle in the grass.

Llamas graze among the ruins

A pair of hoatzins, the Amazon’s “stinkbirds”

A caiman in the river

A curved wall of flats along King’s Road, Quarry Bay, with the hill behind.

Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley

Victoria Harbour at night, the island’s skyline across the water.

Morning clouds over the harbour and Hong Kong Island, from Tsim Sha Tsui.

The oak galleries and skylight of Daunt Books.

Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear at the Courtauld.