Enthusiasts skate on a frozen fen in sub-zero temperatures on February 11, 2012 in Sutton, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Whitney Houston's body arrives at Whigham Funeral Home on February 13, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

A member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) pose for a picture at a camp in the Colombian mountains on February 2005. (Photo by Frank Piasecki Poulsen)

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.”

British actress Jameela Jamil arrives at the 2019 InStyle Awards at The Getty Center on October 21, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

A young boy walks to his school bus on a foggy day in Dubai on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Chris Whiteoak/The National)

An Sony PS3 is used to view Netflix during the Netflix UK launch in London, England on January 9, 2012. Netflix the leading global internet subscription service for films and TV programmes, launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland, offering instant and unlimited access to a broad range of entertainment for the low monthly price of £5.99 in the UK and £6.99 in Ireland. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Netflix)

In his series of untitled photographs Nobody Claps Anymore, the Mexican-American photographer Alec Dawson portrays ordinary people in their homes in a downbeat, ultra-stylised manner. Staring into space as they watch TV or water the garden, the real-life subjects of photographer hint at vast reserves of boredom and regret. (Photo by Alec Dawson)