“The Garden, Gemena, DR Congo,” 2014. © Deana Lawson/Courtesy of Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

Temple of Baalshamin, Palmyra, Syria, albumen print, 1864 (negative by Louis Vignes, photograph printed by Charles Nègre). The temple has been reported destroyed since ISIS forces took control of the site in May. Courtesy Getty Research Institute.

Manhattan. Sylvan Terrace, Albert Robinson Jr., 1883, Jumel Terrace Historic District, designated 1970. © Iwan Baan/Courtesy The Monacelli Press