Photo credits
Every plate on this site is credited to its photographer. Their licences and sources are listed here.
All forty-two photographs were adapted for this site: converted to toned black and white, graded as one series and cropped to the layout. The originals can be found at the sources below.
Plates
Plate 1
Hoover Dam and Black Canyon on the Colorado River, Arizona and Nevada
Christian David
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 1)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 1)Plate 2
Canal houses on the Damrak, Amsterdam
Niklas Jeromin
Pexels License (licence of plate 2)
Via Pexels (source of plate 2)Plate 3
The City of London from the south bank of the Thames
David Iliff
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 3)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 3)Plate 4
The North Sea at the horizon
Peter Holmboe
Pexels License (licence of plate 4)
Via Pexels (source of plate 4)Plate 5
Container terminal, port of Hamburg, at nightfall
Wolfgang Weiser
Pexels License (licence of plate 5)
Via Pexels (source of plate 5)Plate 6
The Divinity School, Bodleian Library, Oxford
David Iliff
CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence of plate 6)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 6)Plate 7
St Stephen’s Basilica and Budapest at night
K
Pexels License (licence of plate 7)
Via Pexels (source of plate 7)Plate 8
A braided river crossing open country, seen from the air
ArtHouse Studio
Pexels License (licence of plate 8)
Via Pexels (source of plate 8)Plate 9
A steel frame under construction
Hadinata Wijaya
Pexels License (licence of plate 9)
Via Pexels (source of plate 9)Plate 10
Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire
Kreuzschnabel
CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence of plate 10)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 10)Plate 11
A lighthouse in sea mist
Jose Raphael
Pexels License (licence of plate 11)
Via Pexels (source of plate 11)Plate 12
Salt pans, Lanzarote, seen from above
BOVISTAS
Pexels License (licence of plate 12)
Via Pexels (source of plate 12)Plate 13
Two parallel bridge decks over a river
Suki Lee
Pexels License (licence of plate 13)
Via Pexels (source of plate 13)Plate 14
A tower rising above the Manchester skyline
Adam Clark
Pexels License (licence of plate 14)
Via Pexels (source of plate 14)Plate 15
A grand piano on an empty concert stage, Montreal
Julia Barrantes
Pexels License (licence of plate 15)
Via Pexels (source of plate 15)Plate 16
Roquefavour Aqueduct, Ventabren, France, built 1841 to 1847
kallerna
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 16)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 16)Plate 17
The confluence of the Inn and the Salzach, seen from the air
Carsten Steger
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 17)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 17)Plate 18
Shasta Dam under construction, California, 1942
Russell Lee
Public domain
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 18)Plate 19
An arch dam and its spillway, seen from directly above
Giant Asparagus
Pexels License (licence of plate 19)
Via Pexels (source of plate 19)Plate 20
The Very Large Array radio telescopes, New Mexico
CGP Grey
CC BY 2.0 (licence of plate 20)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 20)Plate 21
The Cuypers Library, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Michael D Beckwith
CC0 (licence of plate 21)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 21)Plate 22
A gravel road leading into the Alps
Alexandre Moreira
Pexels License (licence of plate 22)
Via Pexels (source of plate 22)Plate 23
The Coymanshuis on the Keizersgracht, Amsterdam
Sergé Technau
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 23)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 23)Plate 24
The Thames at dusk, with Tower Bridge and 30 St Mary Axe
David Iliff
CC BY 3.0 (licence of plate 24)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 24)Plate 25
An arched doorway, light falling across the floor
Zehra Nur Peltek
Pexels License (licence of plate 25)
Via Pexels (source of plate 25)Plate 26
A structural worker on the Empire State Building, New York, 1930
Lewis Hine
Public domain
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 26)Plate 27
A wall with two narrow windows
Mathilde Langevin
Pexels License (licence of plate 27)
Via Pexels (source of plate 27)Plate 28
An aisle between archive shelves, Berlin
Sebastian Luna
Pexels License (licence of plate 28)
Via Pexels (source of plate 28)Plate 29
A road disappearing into fog
Plato Terentev
Pexels License (licence of plate 29)
Via Pexels (source of plate 29)Plate 30
Two harbour cranes on the quay, port of Hamburg
Wolfgang Weiser
Pexels License (licence of plate 30)
Via Pexels (source of plate 30)Plate 31
The spiral staircase of the Vatican Museums, seen from below
Wilfredor
CC0 (licence of plate 31)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 31)Plate 32
The Landwasser Viaduct, Graubünden
Kabelleger / David Gubler
CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence of plate 32)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 32)Plate 33
The auditorium of the Palais Garnier, Paris
Stavros Argyropoulos
CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence of plate 33)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 33)Plate 34
The terraced vineyards of Lavaux above Lake Geneva
JoachimKohler-HB
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 34)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 34)Plate 35
The Caldeirinha dock of the old Navy Arsenal, Lisbon
Jules Verne Times Two
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 35)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 35)Plate 36
The Forth Bridge, Scotland
Kabelleger / David Gubler
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 36)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 36)Plate 37
Bald Head Cliff, Maine
John Phelan
CC BY 3.0 (licence of plate 37)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 37)Plate 38
The Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums
Richard Mortel
CC BY 2.0 (licence of plate 38)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 38)Plate 39
The printing room of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp
Esther Westerveld
CC BY 2.0 (licence of plate 39)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 39)Plate 40
First light over the Pieniny mountains, Poland
Pudelek
CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence of plate 40)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 40)Plate 41
A canal in Amsterdam at night
GillyBerlin
CC BY 2.0 (licence of plate 41)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 41)Plate 42
The Limmat in Zurich from the Quaibrücke
Daniel Kraft
CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence of plate 42)
Via Wikimedia Commons (source of plate 42)