From within an archive seemingly devoid of images of physical labour, these are lively images.
Despite the nuanced portrayal of its protagonist, "Lincoln" is almost devoid of images of active black resistance and protest, ignoring a wealth of research "demonstrating that slaves were crucial agents in their emancipation," as the historian Kate Masur wrote last month in this newspaper.
At first it doesn't look remarkable: It's plain, text-heavy, pastel-pink, and devoid of images.
The Church believes that worship should be done spiritually and only to God, and thus temples are devoid of images, saints, crosses, and anything that might be considered idolatry.
On the other hand, Ms. Lewis said, the rebuilding process could promote "a new sobriety" that would lead to a more egalitarian urbanism and an architectural sensibility devoid of brash image-making.
It partakes of the local architectural vocabulary of its time -- boiserie, gilding, faux marbre and the rest -- yet is resolutely adapted to the customs of Judaism: the Torah scrolls stand behind a curtain in the Ark; men and women worship separately; the whole decorative scheme is devoid of graven images.
Determining that the annals of Western art are devoid of birth images, she embarked on an extensive research project that eventually led to the invention of a logo, the development of various images of creation and a competition among needleworkers to carry out her ideas.
Thus in 1926, at a time when potters still preferred painting landscapes and flower gardens on vases, Robineau produced a narrow-necked black bottle with a gritty glaze devoid of any pictorial image.
No film is used, so digital images are devoid of scratches and wobbly images.
Devoid of backstory, the images dare you to look at them, and the people in them look back with a mixture of self-consciousness and confidence – or they look elsewhere, pensive, as if caught unawares.
