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A Warao woman and child at a trash laden village on the shores of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Most Warao women have a num...
A Warao woman and child at a trash laden village on the shores of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Most Warao women have a number of babies but infant mortality is high and female life expectancy is low. Diarrhea and other water born diseases as well as parasites contribute to health issues.





Whale skull lying on piece of driftwood. Woodfjorden, Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. June, 2010





Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with u...
Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with uplifted hands, bewails the fate of her of her superior.. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945). 32th President of the United States. Bronze statue. Detail. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo...
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945). 32th President of the United States. Bronze statue. Detail. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Washington D.C. United States.





France-History- Châlus is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France Châlus´ is where ...
France-History- Châlus is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France Châlus´ is where Richard I of England was mortally wounded by a crossbow bolt It was shot by Pierre Basile while he was besieging the castle in 11. France-History- Châlus is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France Châlus´ is where Richard I of England was mortally wounded by a crossbow bolt It was shot by Pierre Basile while he was besieging the





Wende Ruffin, daughter of James Ruffin who was killed in action during the Vietnam war, touches her father's name at the Viet...
Wende Ruffin, daughter of James Ruffin who was killed in action during the Vietnam war, touches her father's name at the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, DC. (model released)





Danger sign ´´Betreten der Sandbank verboten! Lebensgefahr!´´, German for ´´Entering the sandbank forbidden! Danger!´´, Spiek...
Danger sign ´´Betreten der Sandbank verboten! Lebensgefahr!´´, German for ´´Entering the sandbank forbidden! Danger!´´, Spiekeroog, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe





MEXICO. GUANAJUATO. Panorámica al anochecer de la ciudad, declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. En pri...
MEXICO. GUANAJUATO. Panorámica al anochecer de la ciudad, declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. En primer término, la IGLESIA DE SAN DIEGO (siglo XVIII). Estado de Guanajuato.





Death is vigorously employed in breaking the ship's mast. The owner of the vessel is wringing his hands in despair. One sailo...
Death is vigorously employed in breaking the ship's mast. The owner of the vessel is wringing his hands in despair. One sailor seems perfectly resigned to his impending fate. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





The Last Judgement loosely based on Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843





Apparition of man inside large curving steel structure. Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. October, 2007





Lycian Rock Tombs in Fethiye,One of the 4th Cent. B.C. Lycian Rock Tombs which overlooks the town of Fethiye in Turkey. The t...
Lycian Rock Tombs in Fethiye,One of the 4th Cent. B.C. Lycian Rock Tombs which overlooks the town of Fethiye in Turkey. The tombs are carved in rock and have become the symbol of the town.





Death comes for the Queen Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of ...
Death comes for the Queen Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843





Young girl standing behind etched glass window in early morning light coming through window. London, UK. From the series ‘Whe...
Young girl standing behind etched glass window in early morning light coming through window. London, UK. From the series ‘When the child was a child’





Blurry silhouette of woman on colourful background standing in a street at night staring towards camera





TAILANDIA. BANGKOK. Vista del exterior del TEMPLO WAT BENCHAMABOPHIT, construido a finales del siglo XIX por orden de Rama V ...
TAILANDIA. BANGKOK. Vista del exterior del TEMPLO WAT BENCHAMABOPHIT, construido a finales del siglo XIX por orden de Rama V (Chulalongkorn el Grande) con mármol de Carrara. Popularmente conocido como TEMPLO DE MARMOL.





Italy. Rome. Four Fountains. Fountain of Goddess Diana. 16th century. Designed by Pietro da Cortona. Detail.





Successful amputation at the hip joint on casualty in American Civil War. Mortality from this procedure was in excess of 70%....
Successful amputation at the hip joint on casualty in American Civil War. Mortality from this procedure was in excess of 70%. Shippen's amputation. From Circular No.6, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, 1 November, 1865. Tinted lithograph





Warning sign, ´´Hochspannung, Vorsicht Lebensgefahr´´, German for ´´danger, high voltage´´, tram, Cologne, North Rhine_Westph...
Warning sign, ´´Hochspannung, Vorsicht Lebensgefahr´´, German for ´´danger, high voltage´´, tram, Cologne, North Rhine_Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround





Spain. Galicia. Orense. Dome (15th century) and campanile of the cathedral from the St. Francis convent.





Woman Visiting a Grave,Visiting a grave at the World War II cemetery, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, in Nettuno, Italy.





Funeral of Winston Patterson,Images produced for The Storm is Passing Over: A Look at Black Churches in Britain by Roy Kerrid...
Funeral of Winston Patterson,Images produced for The Storm is Passing Over: A Look at Black Churches in Britain by Roy Kerridge, Thames and Hudson in 1995.





Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Bronze statues that depict the Great Depression. Waiting in a bread line by George Segal....
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Bronze statues that depict the Great Depression. Waiting in a bread line by George Segal. Washington D.C. United States.





On the right, a festive Death pulls back a drunk's head and pours a flagon of red wine down his throat as his companions look...
On the right, a festive Death pulls back a drunk's head and pours a flagon of red wine down his throat as his companions look on and cheer. At front, another drunk vomits on the floor, and a third drunk at left is seen deep in his cups. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Death comes for the Painter From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843





England, Kent, Cooling. Two groups of children's graves known as Pip's Graves in St James' churchyard on the Hoo Peninsula.





Female ward with centred windows, circular light shades and curtain rails hanging from the decaying ceiling, bed lamps and sw...
Female ward with centred windows, circular light shades and curtain rails hanging from the decaying ceiling, bed lamps and switches along the pink walls. Derelict Maidstone Eye Hospital, Kent. 2007





Miguel Paya Rico (1811-1891). Spanish Cardinal. Funeral of Cardinal Paya. Arrival of the funeral procession to the Cathedral ...
Miguel Paya Rico (1811-1891). Spanish Cardinal. Funeral of Cardinal Paya. Arrival of the funeral procession to the Cathedral of Toledo. Spain. Engraving by Rico.





HEPATITIS E VIRUS. Virus of hepatitis E. It is responsible for acute hepatites that can be mortal for pregnant women. Infogra...
HEPATITIS E VIRUS. Virus of hepatitis E. It is responsible for acute hepatites that can be mortal for pregnant women. Infographic carryied out from a view under transmission electron microscope.





Marble sculpture of Christ with arms outstretched on tomb with sun flare. Necropolis Colon, Havana, Cuba





She is accompanied by her husband, who endeavors to divert her attention from Death, who is insidiously dancing before them a...
She is accompanied by her husband, who endeavors to divert her attention from Death, who is insidiously dancing before them and beating a tambour. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Grave Markers at Bredell Family Cemetery,Grave markers at the Bredell Family Cemetery in the Idaho section of Nez Perce Natio...
Grave Markers at Bredell Family Cemetery,Grave markers at the Bredell Family Cemetery in the Idaho section of Nez Perce National Historical Park. The Bredells were a Nez Perce family.,Location: Near Spalding, Idaho, USA.





REFUGEE. REFUGEE Photo essay for press only. Genocide. Cadavers. Refugee camp in Goma, Rwanda. NGO. 1994.





England, Oxfordshire, Oxford. The Fitzjames gateway (1497) leading from Front Quad to Fellows' Quad of Merton College, one of...
England, Oxfordshire, Oxford. The Fitzjames gateway (1497) leading from Front Quad to Fellows' Quad of Merton College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.





Prohibition sign, do not enter the trackage, Stuttgart central station, Stuttgart, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe





Bronze Memorial of Charles Infroit on Grave,The grave of French scientist Charles Infroit is marked with a memorial bronze po...
Bronze Memorial of Charles Infroit on Grave,The grave of French scientist Charles Infroit is marked with a memorial bronze portrait relief in Paris' Montparnasse Cemetery. Infroit was the head of the laboratory of Salpetriere and a Legion of Honor recipient who, according to the plaque on his grave,





Two Etruscan warriors in mortal combat with daggers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical ...
Two Etruscan warriors in mortal combat with daggers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).





Martyr's Cemetery in Esfahan,A banner of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeyni hangs in Martyr's Cemetery (Golzareh Shohadah), which is...
Martyr's Cemetery in Esfahan,A banner of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeyni hangs in Martyr's Cemetery (Golzareh Shohadah), which is dedicated to Iranian soldiers who died during the Iran-Iraq War.





FRANCIA. PARIS. Vista del ARCO DE LA DEFENSE (TOUR POISSONS), en el distrito financiero de La Défense. En primer término, un ...
FRANCIA. PARIS. Vista del ARCO DE LA DEFENSE (TOUR POISSONS), en el distrito financiero de La Défense. En primer término, un FUENTE.





A human body is layed on a CREMATION GHAT at the Hindu Temple complex of PASHUPATINATH where the ashes will be swept into the...
A human body is layed on a CREMATION GHAT at the Hindu Temple complex of PASHUPATINATH where the ashes will be swept into the BAGMATI RIVER - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL





Profile of head and body of woman holding mirror reflecting abstract image, shot slightly from above





Mother and Father Kissing Their Son,Jim Cobb and his girlfriend Mickey Touchette kiss their son Jimmy outside their home. Jim...
Mother and Father Kissing Their Son,Jim Cobb and his girlfriend Mickey Touchette kiss their son Jimmy outside their home. Jim lost three sisters and his brother's girlfriend in the Jonestown massacre in Guyana.





MARRUECOS. RABAT. KASBAH DE LOS OUDAYAS (siglos XII-XVIII), situada junto al río Bu-Regreg. Región de Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer...
MARRUECOS. RABAT. KASBAH DE LOS OUDAYAS (siglos XII-XVIII), situada junto al río Bu-Regreg. Región de Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer.





ESTATUA DE LA VICTORIA ALADA, conocida como "EL ANGEL", que corona el MONUMENTO A LA INDEPENDENCIA, situado en el Paseo de la...
ESTATUA DE LA VICTORIA ALADA, conocida como "EL ANGEL", que corona el MONUMENTO A LA INDEPENDENCIA, situado en el Paseo de la Reforma e inaugurado en 1910 para commemorar el centenario de la independencia del país. Es obra de Enrique Alciati. MEXICO D. F. México.





Drifting divers at sea are trying to get the attention of people on dive ships on the horizon by waving, Egypt, Red Sea, Afri...
Drifting divers at sea are trying to get the attention of people on dive ships on the horizon by waving, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa





ARTE BARROCO. MEXICO. CATEDRAL BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCION. Construída en el siglo XVIII en estilo barroco. Se ...
ARTE BARROCO. MEXICO. CATEDRAL BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCION. Construída en el siglo XVIII en estilo barroco. Se encuentra en el centro histórico de la ciudad, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. Vista parcial de la FACHADA ZACATECAS. Estado de Zacatecas.





Drifting diver at sea holding an ENOS transmitter, an electronic emergency alarm and locating system, above the water level, ...
Drifting diver at sea holding an ENOS transmitter, an electronic emergency alarm and locating system, above the water level, so that dive ships can locate him, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa





Peninsular Campaign. Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain 16 January 1809. British under Sir John Moore defeated French under ...
Peninsular Campaign. Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain 16 January 1809. British under Sir John Moore defeated French under Soult. Moore mortally wounded but lived to hear of victory. Aquatint after William Heath 1815.





GUIFRE I el Pilós (h. 840-897). Primer Conde Soberano de Barcelona (878-897). "CREACION DEL ESCUDO DEL CONDADO DE BARCELONA"....
GUIFRE I el Pilós (h. 840-897). Primer Conde Soberano de Barcelona (878-897). "CREACION DEL ESCUDO DEL CONDADO DE BARCELONA". El monarca francés Carlos II el Calvo unta los dedos en la herida mortal de Guifré y estampa su mano con el emblema heráldico en su escudo dorado (año 897), recompensando así los servicios prestados. Pintura de Claudio Lorenzale (1815-1889). Real Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. Barcelona.





SKELETON. SKELETON Worldwide distribution except for United Kingdom and Germany. Skeleton looking at watch. Symbol of death.





For the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, the river provides water for everything?drinking, brushing teeth, cooking, washing?and th...
For the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, the river provides water for everything?drinking, brushing teeth, cooking, washing?and that makes it a perfect vector for disease. Most Warao women have a number of babies but infant mortality is high and female life expectancy is low. Diarrhea and other water-born diseases as well as trash accumulations contribute to health issues.





England, London, Westminster. A memorial to the victims of mad cow disease outside St Thomas Hospital.





Cigarette box, detail, imprint, ´Smoking can be deadly´, cigarette, broken off, symbol, nonsmokers, Smoking, cigarette smokin...
Cigarette box, detail, imprint, ´Smoking can be deadly´, cigarette, broken off, symbol, nonsmokers, Smoking, cigarette smoking, makes stop, stops, withdrawal, Entwöhnung, warning, hint, consumer hint, tobacco, addiction, dependence, habit, nicotine addic





Bronze skull statue with crossed bones and dry pink rose on top of stone column. Napoli, Italy





Sad looking woman sitting by table looking at rotten fruit spread out in front of her. From Neglected self-portrait VI





Death leads his aged victim to the grave, beguiling him with the music of a dulcimer. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de ...
Death leads his aged victim to the grave, beguiling him with the music of a dulcimer. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Decorated Unknown Soldier Tombstone,A decorated tombstone of an unknown soldier at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebras...
Decorated Unknown Soldier Tombstone,A decorated tombstone of an unknown soldier at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska on Memorial Day.,Location: Maxwell, Nebraska, USA.





Indian woman’s face with curly brown hair looking out to side towards natural light with reflection of a window and coloured ...
Indian woman’s face with curly brown hair looking out to side towards natural light with reflection of a window and coloured bands of light overlaying her face





Accompanied by his dog, and heavily laden, the peddler is proceeding on his way, when he is intercepted by Death, who forcibl...
Accompanied by his dog, and heavily laden, the peddler is proceeding on his way, when he is intercepted by Death, who forcibly pulls him back. Another Death is playing on a trump-marine, an obsolete stringed instrument that produced loud and brassy notes with the help of the sympathetic reverberation of wire strings concealed inside the sound-box.Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Demonstration of an ammunition clearing at the site of Germany´s largest solar park in Lieberose, Spreewald, Brandenburg, Ger...
Demonstration of an ammunition clearing at the site of Germany´s largest solar park in Lieberose, Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe





MEXICO. GUANAJUATO. Vista de la ciudad, declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, con la IGLESIA DE SAN DI...
MEXICO. GUANAJUATO. Vista de la ciudad, declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, con la IGLESIA DE SAN DIEGO (siglo XVIII). Estado de Guanajuato.





Sign Hochspannung Lebensgefahr or Danger High Voltage, turbine house, old hydropower plant in Rheinfelden, 1898_2011, view be...
Sign Hochspannung Lebensgefahr or Danger High Voltage, turbine house, old hydropower plant in Rheinfelden, 1898_2011, view before the demolition, Rheinfelden, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe





Escapees of the Jonestown Massacre,Survivors of the Jonestown massacre sit outside the old People's Temple on Geary Blvd. Fro...
Escapees of the Jonestown Massacre,Survivors of the Jonestown massacre sit outside the old People's Temple on Geary Blvd. From left to right: Sandra Evans, Julius Evans, Richard Clark, Leslie Wilson-Fortier, and Diane Louie.





The Astrologer is seen in his study, looking attentively at a suspended astrolabe. Death holds out a skull to him, and seems,...
The Astrologer is seen in his study, looking attentively at a suspended astrolabe. Death holds out a skull to him, and seems, in mockery, to say, "Here is a better subject for your contemplation.". Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





MUSEO DE LAS MOMIAS. Alberga una colección de momias exhumadas entre mediados del siglo XIX y el siglo XX. Vista del interior...
MUSEO DE LAS MOMIAS. Alberga una colección de momias exhumadas entre mediados del siglo XIX y el siglo XX. Vista del interior. GUANAJUATO. Estado de Guanajuato. México.





PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA. PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA A photomicrograph of placental tissue revealing the presence of ...
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA. PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA A photomicrograph of placental tissue revealing the presence of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Maternal or placental malaria predisposes the newborn infant to a low birthweight, premature delivery, increased infant mortality, and the mother to maternal anemia.





REINO UNIDO. LONDRES. Vista de la zona financiera de la capital ("the City"), en la que destaca la SWISS RE TOWER (1997-2004)...
REINO UNIDO. LONDRES. Vista de la zona financiera de la capital ("the City"), en la que destaca la SWISS RE TOWER (1997-2004), obra de Norman FOSTER (n. Manchester, 1935), de 180 m. de altura. Inglaterra.





Miguel Paya Rico (1811-1891). Spanish Cardinal. Funeral of Cardinal Paya. Arrival of the funeral procession to the Zocodover ...
Miguel Paya Rico (1811-1891). Spanish Cardinal. Funeral of Cardinal Paya. Arrival of the funeral procession to the Zocodover square. Toledo. Spain. Engraving by Rico.





TAILANDIA. BANGKOK. Vista del recinto del GRAN PALACIO, construído a finales del siglo XVIII.





Mujer joven haciendo footing junto al Lago Michigan. Al fondo, los rascacielos del centro de la ciudad. CHICAGO Estado de Ill...
Mujer joven haciendo footing junto al Lago Michigan. Al fondo, los rascacielos del centro de la ciudad. CHICAGO Estado de Illinois. Estados Unidos.





Franz von Stuck (1863-1928). German painter. The Kiss of the Sphinx, (1895). Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary.





MEXICO. MEXICO D. F. Vista de una FUENTE situada frente al PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES (1904-1934), a la izquierda. Al fondo, la ...
MEXICO. MEXICO D. F. Vista de una FUENTE situada frente al PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES (1904-1934), a la izquierda. Al fondo, la TORRE LATINOAMERICANA (1949-1956). Situados en el centro histórico de la capital, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.





Woman in motion dissolving into red light along the Charles Street Bridge at night with Penn Station in background. Baltimore...
Woman in motion dissolving into red light along the Charles Street Bridge at night with Penn Station in background. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. July, 2006





Shadow of man with face in profile on white wall of cathedral. Plaza Independencia, Quito, Ecuador





Celtic cross in church graveyard at night with steeple illuminated in background. Inverness, Scotland





CELEBRACION DE MISA en el interior del SANTUARIO DE GUADALUPE o TEMPLO DE SAN DIEGO (1708-1716). Situado en el centro históri...
CELEBRACION DE MISA en el interior del SANTUARIO DE GUADALUPE o TEMPLO DE SAN DIEGO (1708-1716). Situado en el centro histórico de la ciudad, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. MORELIA. Estado de Michoacán. México.





Small wooden cross grave marker, supported by an angel, with 'Mum & Dad' as an inscription





After the Battle. Frederic Remington (1861-1909). Ink and wash on paper laid on board. 44.5 x 69.7cm

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