The Icelandic horse played a major role in Norse mythology. Several Norse gods as well as their enemies owned them. They were also the Vikings' best friends, often buried alongside their owners. Today, when riding with a herd of loose horses across the Icelandic landscape it's like traveling thousands of years back in time, or to another galaxy in a movie set in an indeterminate future. The photographs of Swedish artist Susanne Walström show exactly...

Unusual perspectives, contrasts, and angles as the means to express changing living conditions: In the 1920s many new fields of activity opened up for photographers, who provided pictures for everything from magazines and books to advertising design. Yet it was not only its economic function that smoothed the way for photography. As a seemingly authentic reproduction of reality, political movements recognized that photography was a good means of persuading...