Gareth Fuller is an artist and explorer. He walks hundreds of miles to create vast, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London and Beijing to Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., his work reveals stories and identities of landscapes, capturing their personal, geographical, and social essence in what he calls ‘maps of the mind.’
Black Jack, the famous black gelding, served as the riderless horse in JFK's funeral, along with three others, becoming a military tradition. After 24 years of service, he rests at Fort Myer's parade ground near Arlington Cemetery.
Marylander Peter Carnes pioneered U.S. ballooning in 1784 near Bladensburg; after a failed first attempt, his second flight carried a 13-year-old boy—America’s first aerial passenger.
In 2017, Beijing’s recycling system was known to be highly efficient, if controversial. Huge mounds of waste were sorted by people living on site, in small dwellings, amongst the decay.
