this isn't happiness.

40 years ago today, Challenger

Constellations of winter, Elijah Gowin

Midnight in the garden of good and evil, Ian Beck

Snow patrol, Yoji Kuri

Things we couldn’t remember, Keita Morimoto

The New Yorker, Peter de Sève

Going nowhere, Dike Blair

Jilly Ballistic

Keep your cool, Peter Fischli + David Weiss

The neighbors don’t talk anymore, Saroyan Humphrey

Fear of being found, Masha Foya

Moment of silence, Alex Schönberg

Caught looking, Shunpei Kamiya (because)

All a blur, Bill Armstrong

Make it count, R. Crumb

Nothing doing, Catherine DeLattre

Positively 7th Street, Maura Sullivan

2016 - No Parking, Michael Pederson

True fictions from an unreal city, Polly Tootal

Twilighted, Joe Maloney

Night and the city, Dave Rheaume

North american purgatory, Dave Jordano

The fallen sun, SpY

The incline, John Michael Pelech⁠

Gary Taxali

Requiem for a dream, Susan Hendricks

Life in ruins, Nicola Bertellotti

Thin ice, Miles Cleveland Goodwin

MLK, Patrick Martinez

Dreaming in color

You only find nowhere on the way to somewhere, Devin Lunsford

Arrival, Andrew McIntosh

Gimme shelter - Nuclear Bunker exposed, Yorkshire

Under Panther Mountain, Michael McGrath

The later parade, Katie Burns

Nothing doing, Panos Chatzistefanou

Hide and seek, Yuri Yuan Ye

This is the winter of our discotheque, Alfonso Duran

Less is moe, Josef Hoflehner

Jon Adams (@citycyclops)

NeoTokyo, Lukasz Palka

The Cold Constellations, Ana Popescu

Hope, Lee Madgwick

Rockets redglare, Cian Oba-Smith

Houston Street, Joseph O. Holmes

The white one’s mean returning, Dave Rothschild

Midnight in the garden of good and evil, Mason Owens

Dead and loving it, Cameron Miryekta

You can’t get there from here, Dolores Marat

Night crawler, Brad Fisher

Phenomenon, Remedios Varo

Everybody dance, Masha Sviatahor

Princess Badourah: A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Edmund Dulac

East of Eden, Darek Prasalski

Old news

Buy the ticket, take the ride… Mark Forbes

Half fool, Tim O'Brien

Asleep at the wheel, Alice Schillaci

Dive dark dream slow, Lukas Vasilikos

America hates America, Gary Taxali

The high renaissance, Ian Ferguson (AKA Hydeon)

Waiting for the light to change, Carl Bretzke

Snow day, Colleen Brogan McGuire

Brendan Loper (@b_loper)

Connect the dots, Elijah Gowin

The man who fell to Earth

Each night I drown in the pool, The Horrors of it All

Say your prayers, Stephen Mackey

Close to the edge, Slava (Thisset) Semeniuta

Apocalypse then (and now), Josh Edelson - AFPPhoto

The Palisades, Alicia Kunz

Tuesday is shovels in the woods, Jakob Wagner

I see green, icy blue - Gabriel Carrère

Snow patrol, Gabriele Münter

Walk this way, Agnès Varda

It’s the Devil I love, Sarah Theresa Lee

Noir-Soleil, Marie Larrivé

This isn’t the first time you’ve been here, Dan Attoe

Station to station, Sakaguchi Tomoyuki

Nobody move, Rockwell Kent

The New Yorker, Harry Bliss

You’re so warm and I’m so cold - Vija Celmins, Heater

The Quiet American, Pete Turner

They shall have stars, Henrietta Harris

Dancing with death, Miles Cleveland Goodwin

End of the affair, Katrien De Blauwer

The fear of being found, Gertrude Abercrombie

The day the Earth stood still, Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Big moves in 2026, 2TIMES (@2timesperday)

Micah Lexier

Nothing left, Jen Orpin

Life in ruins, Dimitri Bourriau

Daniel Shaffer

Happy New Thing

The End, Cristina Rizzi

There’s no turning back now, Dave Rothschild

Waiting for Bardot

Nothing happens for a reason, Carl Corey

Making everything a mystery, Paolo Ventura

Arts & Architecture, Richard Nadler

Matsuo Bashō

Night shift, Keita Morimoto 森本啓太

Dead at 91, Brigitte Bardot

Snow patrol, Dillion Tweedie

Word on the street, Matthew Ludak

Gimme shelter, Kevin Cooley

I’ve killed you 1,000 times in my dreams, Carolyn Drake /...

The Past, The Present, and the Future, Tin Can Forest

The visitor, R. Crumb

Paul Davis (@paulcopyrightdavis)*

The last picture show, Nguan

Aunt Linda has a crisp five for every egg nog you bring her,...

The street where you live, Christopher Burk

Snow patrol, Joff Merrigan

Return to Magenta, Krzysztof Skrok

It’ll be fun they said, Anthony Wilson

Goodbye to all that - The New Yorker, Lorenzo Mattotti

Road to ruin, Nancy Friedland

Peanuts

The tree is up, Alessandro Gottardo

Look through any window, Giorgos Galanopoulos

Duck the moon, Rhea Mach (because)

Happy Winter Solstice

Vantage point, Lerone Pieters

Glen Baxter

Epstein Files Transparency Act, Winston Tseng

Stay till the end , Jim Hill

Hilarity ensues, Sayre Gomez

Sgt Pepper 2025, Chris Barker

The tree is up, Stacy Kranitz

Cold comfort, Nickie Zimov

Ghost world, Zhiyong Jing

Hurry sundown, Noah Kalina

The angels came with glad tidings, Peter Ferguson

The Sierra, Aaron Rothman (because)

Red means stop, Yellow means snow, Tim Northey

Amarillo, Rob Hann

Someone’s gonna show up, never fear - Pedro Gomes

The end is near, Raffaele Mainella

Where the night ends, Karim Kal

Der Sturm, Jacoba van Heemskerck

The lights are up, Jeremy Miranda

She spoilt his evening, Michele Thompson

Silicon Snake Oil, 1995

Photo of the year, Tracy Barbutes

Advice, Larry Calkins

Movie poster of the week, Laurent Durieux

Which way? Martin Lewis

The returned, Tye Martinez

The back of beyond, Alexey Vasilyev

The Sporas, Kristin Tercek

Dec. 15th is First Amendment Day

Winter’s witness, Hugo @huleeb

Somewheres, Henrietta Harris

In for the night, Heidrun Rathgeb

Elsewheres, Christophe Jacrot

The world’s loveliest girl, William Schaeuble

It’s a chopper

The den, Gregory Crewdson

The winter games, Félix Vallotton

Life during wartime, Felix Shumba

Rockets Redglare, NYPL

Windows to the unexpected, Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán

Fimbulwinter, Øystein Sture Aspelund

Almost

Maps to the Stars, Krzysztof Skrok

Uncontained, Antoine Roegiers

Circling the sun, Rafael Gamo

Today’s affirmation

Coming and going, Brad Fisher

Ultraman, Steve Thomas

The universe is expanding, Shane Drinkwater

The Sleep of Truth, Marcel Dzama

I don’t want to go where I’m going I just want to...

Techno Tuesday, Andy Rementer

David Fullarton

Now I know what not to do tomorrow, Michael Dumontier &...

Stay till the end, Gordon Hart

Industrial light and magic, Paul D'Amato

Hypocrite, Brendon Burton

The end of the affair, Katrien De Blauwer

The endless summer, Todd Weaver

Cut it out, Tom Hodgkinson (because)

The New Yorker, Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet

Disaster being Latin for ‘bad star’, Pat Oates

Let’s, Eric Nash

Bad weather, Martin Parr

One day since yesterday, Derek Samuels

Left you cold, Céline Ravier

Everyday is caturday for a cat, Martyn Cross

Little fires everywhere, Annika Tucksmith

Are we there yet? Artur Pławski (because)

Liquid sky, Robert Charles Mann

Gruß vom Krampus, via Wiener Werkstätte

Magnetic north, Laurent Grasso

Live on set, Lauri Gaffin (because)

Degenerated, Lee Madgwick (@leemadgwickart)

The Fourth of December 2024 (After Goya), Kristofferson San...

Night moves, Amy Bennett

White wedding, Hana Choi

The truth is out there, Aryo Toh Djojo

Today, like every day, is a beautiful day to divest from...

And now the neighbors don’t talk no more, Alberto Ortega

Chiller theater, Xue Wang

You can leave when you want, Frank Moth

Night terrors, Daniele Castellano

We come in peace, Caroline Dewison

Ok gloomer, Céline Domas

“December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July,...

Connect the dots, Anastasia Samoylova

The morning after the night before, Dave Green

The Constellations of Winter, Krzysztof Skrok

Drain the pool, Laurence Jones

You can come back any time you want to, Sebastian B...

Just do not, Paul Davis (@paulcopyrightdavis)

I’m a driver, I’m a winner. Things are gonna change I can feel...

Eclipse, Reine Paradis

Weekend plans

This is my favorite song

Problem Solved

Polar vortex, Maria Lax

The New Yorker

I’m at the airport

Killing time, Zhiyong Jing

Techno Tuesday, Andy Rementer

Dinner party, Shannon Cartier Lucy

Desires lost, Time photos of the year

Cold day in hell, Christopher Soukup

Peanuts

Parasomnias, Laura Footes

The cold sleep itself was dreamless, Giorgos Galanopoulos

Dead at 81, Udo Kier

This is my favorite song

Hurry the dawn, Krzysztof Skrok

Ich möchte ein Eisberg sein, Gideon Kiefer

Against the Fall, Alisa Resnik

Pattern recognition, Lee Wagstaff

West of nowhere, Eric Nash

Latent memories, Albarrán Cabrera

Seven of Swords and others, Shigeo Otake

You want it darker, Tropical Stoemp

El coyote handball, Jacob Inez

A.C. 2020, Mirko Ilić

We’ll leave the light on for you, Yves Lacroix (because)

Maybe not the norm, Benz & Chang

Childhood mysteries, Forestter Cobalt

Out where the great black rivers flow, Vlad Tretiak

He got game, Merton Wu

Tasty, Maisie Cowell

A snack bar named desire, Keita Morimoto

Circling the Sun, Gundula Blumi

I’m at the airport, Harry Gruyaert

Ghost lightning, Ole Brodersen

Mood indigo, Bálint Popovits

Let’s compare mythologies, Pablo Gallo

This must be the place, Janusz Jurek

Epitaph, Brendon Burton

Tell me everything, Michael Pederson

Eclipse of reason, Xiao Jiang

Right of way, Bill Leigh Brewer

Night float, Michael McGrath

Magic forest, Jean Mallard

Containment, Toshio Shibata

Almost

“It’s time”, Ali Fitzgerald

Autumn leaves me, Yohan Terraza

Death from above, David Schermann

When people were shorter and lived by the water, Koho Shoda and...

Making friends with the Skeleton Tree, Mary DeVincentis

World without end, Jaehoon Choi

Cirrocumulus, Max Berry

Suspence, Agnès Geoffray

Faulty aspirations, Victoria Halford

The Plastiocene, Mandy Barker

Mr Bingo

The in-tray, Steve Rosendale

Nightcrawler, Sebastian B

Chiaroscuro, David Mazzucchelli

Ain’t nothing on, Tania Franco Klein

You’re not going anywhere, Seán Dower

Iron Man 3, Sibusiso Bheka

Rockets redglade, Cian Oba-Smith

You got this, Catherine Lepage

Hotvvheels, Supercar Nostalgia

Darkness on the edge of town, Amanda Friedman

Out of focus, Diederik Spaargaren

Standing in the shadows, Jess Allen

Death caps, Konstantin Korobov

Did we ever go through with that divorce we were talking about?...

Calendar, Sarah Illenberger

The Multiverse, Cinta Vidal

The Night Gardener, Mary Mattingly

Emerald City, Seth Armstrong

Winter’s coming, Adrian Cox

Supermoon, Christopher Burk

Nightmare alley, Thomas Ott

Last gasp, Matt Dunlap

Show restraint, Alexandra Smith

Watching the credits, Elizabeth Shull

She’s always up for dessert, Monika Marchewka

Waiting for whats-his-name, Frank Lind

Where’s your head at, Raymond Jungles (foto: Thomas Loof)

Bust a move, Nathaniel Russell

The lost world, Jef Bonifacino

Projections, Vjaybombs

East of Eden, Krzysztof Skrok

The New Yorker, Sergio García Sánchez

Fear of being found, Dan Attoe

It’s World Jellyfish Day, Okushita Kazuhiko

She’s not picking up, Robert Duxbury

Look through any window, Keiran Brennan Hinton

November rain, Christophe Jacrot (print sale!)

Dead as yesterday, Zhiyong Jing

Turn up the heat, Matt Schu

Don’t even think of parking here, Dr.Smoothdeath

Day of the Dead, Nicola Twilley

No sun—no moon!No morn—no noon—No dawn—no dusk—no proper time of...

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

VVitch, Eugène Grasset

Goodbye yellow brick road, Ian Beck

Thirity-Six Views of Mount Fuji, Takashi Homma

Night moves, Nancy Friedland

Cold death, Ash Mckean

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

The deep end, Jana Brike

The truth is out there, Archival Zone

Nickel for the subway, Greg Mount

I miss the Funny Masks store, via @MarkNewgarden

Tales of Ugetsu, Koho Shoda

Scarfolk Ouija (please reread)

Really? Sally Nixon

Mike Lynch

They want their stuff back, Nicholas Moegly

Fledermäuse (Vleermuizen), I.B.S. Hopfer and J.J. Bylaert

Death takes the train - Halloween Underground, Seymour Licht

Dagsson

Looked everywhere for you, Yohan Terraza

This is my favorite song

Desire path, Chaz Hutton

The Bat is my brother, Paul Barnes

Long Lost Personals

The creature and friends, Dustin Myers

You are what you do, Daniel Arnold

The Skull, Jon Klassen

Monster brains, Alberto Martini (because)

Alyson Provax

Lost in Kyoto, Yasuhiro Ogawa

River dance, Sierra Breeze Petrocelli (because)

The New Yorker, Mort Gerberg

Death from above, Franz Sedlacek

Horse Wearing People Costume, Aled Lewis

The kids are alright, Ralph Eugene Meatyard

London has fallen, Laszlo Komaromi

Up all night, Elsa Bleda

Who’s a good boy? Sarah Theresa Lee

Relax, Cleon Peterson

Greetings from Asbury Park, Philippe Garner

Ain’t nothing on, Sally Nixon

Never knew you, Moon patrol

All it ever does is rain, Gregory Thielker

Sin City Fables, Steven Guarnaccia

Rogue Moon, Anne Rothenstein

Project Greenlight, Xavier Portela

Postcards from the edge

Giddy-up, Weronika Gęsicka

North North South, Ayda Gragossian

Tomorrow is forever, Laurence Biaggi

Disaster being Latin for ‘bad star’, J.A. Young

The heartbreak rides for free, Peter Fraser

I Yam, Mark Ryden

The New Yorker, Christoph Niemann

Got caught looking, Min Ding

Undercurrents, Sydney Cain

Mood indigo, Félix Vallotton

You told that joke twice, Friedrich Kunath

No ICE, Nancy

Nothing but net, Mark Forbes

Tiny piece of mercury, Emre Tuna

Salome, David Bray

No Kings day is every day, Sharon Ellis

Fade to Dawn, Caroline Ruffault

Sundays are the worst, Rebecca Chaperon

Hurry sundown, Larry Niehues

Image crisis, K. T. Kobel

You can’t get there from here, Darek Prasalski

Ace

Dead at 74, Ace Frehley

Sleeping satellite, Martin Machado

Ben Shahn’s vigilance

Following the beginning, Elizabeth Shull

Cleon Peterson

Aliona & Olena, Julie Poly

Get in, Jason Fulford

Are we not men? Charles le Brun

One day since yesterday, William Mark Sommer

The New Yorker, Joe Dator

Holy fury, Elizabeth Glaessner

Death and the maiden, Asami Shoji

Jim Benton

Dig my grave deep, Brendon Burton

The Screams of October

Ghost world, Graham Annable aka Grickle

Under the influence, Slava (Thisset) Semeniuta

Afterglow, Clara Gesang-Gottowt

Dreamhome heartaches, Dan Oliver

The selector, Andrew McIntosh

Disaster being Latin for ‘bad star’, Pat Oates

Into the silence, Yasuhiro Ogawa

Hot vvheels

Monster party, Sarah Theresa Lee

Diane Keaton by Norman Seef

The New Yorker, Michael Crawford

Walk away, Félix Vallotton

Under the volcano, Ken Price

R. Crumb: Tales of Paranoia

Raymond Pettibon

Supersonic, Michelle Thompson

East of Eden, Vlad Tretiak

Lick it, Micah Lexier

What went wrong, Jessica Harrison

Michael McMillan

North American purgatory, Madeline Rupard

Risograph, D.B. (@makesmefeellikeaswan)

Close encounters, Keiji Ito

Nothing doing, Brittany Fanning

The Invisible Order Oracle, Daniel Martin Diaz

Late breaking news, (because)

Pretend you’re dead, Scott Daniel Ellison

Breathing underwater, Frank Lind

Robot high school, Slava (Thisset) Semeniuta

Twilight’s last gleaming, Laurence Biaggi

There goes the neighborhood, Dillon Marsh

Dark waters run cold, Laura Stevens

Shadows between empires, F.N. Souza

The cylinder opens, via @RyanHeshka

My beloved backstabbing wife, Angela Dalinger

Have a seat, Mark Forbes

Nothing doing, Francisco Rodriguez

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved -...

Giddy-up, Michael Massaia

I can’t see shit, Rob Hann

Knock loud, I’m home - Lee Madgwick

The sun don’t shine, the moon don’t move - Lilian...

Losing my religion, Farida Hamak

Isolation party, Hokyoung Kim

Dagsson

Leaf now, 2025 Fall Foliage Map

Will wait for you forever (please hurry), Richard Misrach ...

80s News Screens

Dead at 91, Jane Goodall

Drain the pool, Natalie Christensen

Little fires everywhere, Von Wolfe

Movie posters of the week, Renato Casaro (RiP)

The squared circle, Gaston Paris

This must be the place, Samuel Richardson

Return to Magenta, Jack Simon

You can’t get there from here, Yasuhiro Ogawa

Into the woods, Adrian Cox