Artist Will Ryman poses for photographs next to his installation entitled “The Bed” at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea on January 7, 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

A view of a vintage Rolls Royce limousine with a female driver. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1935

Visitors to Castle Combe take photographs in the village that was recently featured in Steven Spielberg's latest film, the wartime drama, War Horse, on January 10, 2012 near Chippenham, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Raising a flag over the Reichstag is a historic World War II photograph taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945, by Yevgeny Khaldei.

Vitaly Gorshkov, a wildlife photographer, captured these animals in their natural habitat. He says that these animals are so hairy that it is difficult to distinguish the front from the back. The oxen aren’t really afraid of humans that is why it is easy to approach them and take pictures.

What do superheroes do when they’re not busy fighting bad guys and saving the world from destruction? Perhaps they’re drawing strength alone in the peace and quiet of the great outdoors. That’s the premise of French photographer Benoit Lapray‘s photo-manipulation series “The Quest for the Absolute.”