The Los Angeles County Museum on Fire by Ed Ruscha, 1965–8. © Ed Ruscha. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972. Photography by Lee Stalsworth.
The Intercontinental Hotel on Fire by Taliban fighters, Afghan security forces, and NATO helicopters, June 2011. © The New York Times Company. The New York Times, New York, NY. Gift of Mankind’s Obsession with Control, 2011. Photography by Massoud Hossaini/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images.