Fires burning during the L.A. riots, Los Angeles, 1992.

Rabbit, Westown

A “rallye” party at the Jockey Club, one of Paris’s most rarefied private clubs, 1987. Associations of noble families organize these parties to allow aristocratic youth to meet others of their class. For such events the Association of French Nobility can provide formal attire as a charitable service to those who may not be able to afford it.

Paul Thek Studio Shoot, Study of Thek's Hand

GROUND ZERO & TOWER

Fires burning during the L.A. riots, Los Angeles, 1992.

WASTE STORAGE POND

Terezinstadt Officers Swimming Pool

Paul Thek Studio Shoot, Tomb Figure, Face, Hand 1

ACCELERATED EROSION

Will

BUNKER COMPLEX

Harvard University graduates Robert, 28, Scott, 28, and Nick, 32, at a wedding reception on a private island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1994. People travel by foot or horse-drawn carriage on the car-free island, owned by the same prominent Boston family for more than a century.