An astounding photo of a destroyed tire showed how dangerous ... leaving behind microplastics to pollute the environment. The objects also include batteries and metals as well as toxic chemicals.

This is the purest of portraiture; objects personified. ‘Photography is communication,' say the duo. ‘We wanted to send out something that feels familiar to everyone and yet surprises with a new way ...

August: American Eadweard Muybridge develops a fast shutter that aids him in making photographs of objects in motion. George Eastman prepares to travel to Santo Domingo to speculate on land.

Or a rocket engine to a smart car? Artist Kevin Wisbith created a photo series "A Quick Perspective" to illustrate the relative sizes of massive objects. The vehicles, buildings, and bridges we ...