EditorialOne of two “Servidors” collected by Steven Lepore, who has amassed a number of items from the now defunct Hotel Pennsylvania, in New York on Feb. 21, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conceptual artist Dan Graham’s “Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout,” installed on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s roof, in New York, April 23, 2014. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
EditorialA transformer that is in need of an upgrade near the home of Theresa Garcia in Portola Valley, Calif., Oct. 14, 2021. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by Bain Collection, Library of Congress shows, from left, Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore, Rube Foster and infielder Del Gainer, circa 1915. (Bain Collection, Library of Congress via The New York Times)
EditorialShopping for a bathing suit (online, at least) can feel a bit like walking through an endless hall of two-way mirrors: Nothing is as it appears, each of your steps is being watched, and no move brings you any closer to finding a garment that fits. (Vanessa Saba/The New York Times)
EditorialLos Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws during a game against the Houston Astros in Houston, May 11, 2021. (Annie Mulligan/The New York Times)
EditorialThe two-way radio and I.D. of Sarah Weisshaus, and emergency medical technician for Ezras Nashim, at her apartment in Brooklyn, April 6, 2021. (Yana Paskova/The New York Times)