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Candidly shot series of self-portraits chronicling the photographers evolving relationship with her body. Photos by Jen Davis. via NYT

Two long-lost friends, photographers and adventurers both, set out to visit one of Afghanistan’s most remote regions. Their journey, by foot, donkey and horse, gave them a newfound humility. Read more about the Traces of Time project on Lens

The Lively Morgue:
Oct. 5, 1938: “Monsters of the air,” the published caption read. The British Air Ministry gave The New York Times some of the first photographs of the Air Force balloon barrage at Cardington, England, the home of the No.1 Balloon Training Unit. Several hundred balloons were delivered to the Royal Air Force to be used for air defense in and around London. See more vintage photos of dirigibles on The Times’s photography blog, Lens. Photo: The New York Times

The Lively Morgue:

Oct. 5, 1938: “Monsters of the air,” the published caption read. The British Air Ministry gave The New York Times some of the first photographs of the Air Force balloon barrage at Cardington, England, the home of the No.1 Balloon Training Unit. Several hundred balloons were delivered to the Royal Air Force to be used for air defense in and around London. See more vintage photos of dirigibles on The Times’s photography blog, Lens. Photo: The New York Times