There’s something wildly healing about the first breath of ocean air after a long winter or a brutal spring. You step out of your car, feel the heat rising from the pavement, hear seagulls laughing in the distance, and taste salt on your lips before you’ve even reached the sand. Summer at the beach isn’t …
On August 19, the world tilts its head toward two vastly different but equally profound achievements of the human spirit. One belongs to art and science—the creation of the daguerreotype, the first publicly announced photographic process, in 1839, which allowed humans to capture light itself and hold it in their hands. The other belongs to …
