Untitled (a.k.a 'a night') by Simon Pais-Thomas

Postcard US-2266937 to Germany shows a piece of artwork Untitled (a.k.a 'a night') by photographer Simón Pais-Thomas from Santiago, Chile. It was from the opening series of the exhibition "Little Endings" (Finales Pequeños), on display at Salón Tudor, Santiago, Chile through October 7, 2007.

Sterne by Thomas Ruff

Postcard DE-3784060 from Germany shows an image of night sky from the collection Sterne 
(Stars) produced by German photographer Thomas Ruff in 1989. Thomas Ruff acquired a set of 600 negative images "Catalog of the Southern Sky" from the European Southern Observatory in the Andes, Chile. Each of those images was noted for the precise time of day and exact geographic position when the photograph was taken, along with the type of telescopic lens used and length of exposure. Thomas Ruff cropped specific details from those images and enlarged them to a uniform grand scale.

Separately, a pulsar, J1906,  made the news as it has faded from view when it enters a warp in space-time. The observations were made at the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.

"My House, New York, 1997"

Postcard SE-65371 from Sweden shows David LaChapelle's photograph "My House, New York, 1997". David Lachapelle is an American photographer, best known for his photography that often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. Among the many awards he won, he was presented with GLAAD's Vito Russo Award for his outstanding contributions toward eliminating homophobia.

His selected works were on exhibition at Fotografiska Museet in Stockholm, Sweden in 2013. National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. is currently featuring his collection "American Cool" from February 7 to September 7, 2014.

Lightning over Arizona

Postcard US-2539378 from Tucson, Arizona shows this unusual spectacle over a Southern Arizona resort town. The once-in-a-lifetime scene was captured by Ray Manley (September 4, 1921 – July 15, 2006), a native Arizona photographer. Manley had traveled around the world and published in such publications as Life, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, Popular Science, National Geographic and his own books. His photographs of Arizona helped attract tourism and migration to Arizona.

Frank Eugene

postcard LT-322742 from Lithuania shows a portrait of Frank Eugene (September 19, 1865 – December 16, 1936), an American-born photographer. He had an entire issue of Camera Notes devoted to his art in the summer of 1900 , an honor accorded only a few other photographers. He was appointed Royal Professor of Pictorial Photography by the Royal Academy of the Graphic Arts of Leipzig in 1913. This professorship, created especially for Eugene, is the first chair for pictorial photography in the world.

The portrait was taken in 1909 by Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946), another American photographer.