L’écrin du rajah aka The Rajah’s Casket (di. Gaston Velle: Pathé Frères, France, 1906). From Dreaming in Color: The Davide Turconi Collection of Early Cinema.

Marcel Duchamp, NYC, 1942. © Arnold Newman Properties/Getty Images, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.

From ‘The Gamblers’ © Martin Amis courtesy RRB PhotoBooks

William Wylie’s “Peristyle, House of the Colored Capitals or House of Ariadne (VII.4.31),” 2015. © William Wylie/Yale University Art Gallery, gift of the artist.

A portrait made in Sanlé Sory’s studio, Volta Photo, where he provided backdrops and props emphasizing his subjects’ modern sophistication. © Ibrahima Sanlé Sory/The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the artist. Courtesy of Florent Mazzoleni

Original photograph: Afro Goddess Ex Lovers friend, 2006 by Mickalene Thomas rendered in Play-Doh © Eleanor Macnair

The Bath, 2016 © Jocelyn Lee

78th and Racine, South Side - Chicago, Illinois, 2017. Courtesy of John Raymond Mireles.