Borrowing from the language of taxonomy, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD series is a cut-out collection that focuses on the aesthetic and formal relationships of varying objects and images in different issues of National Geographic magazines. When arranging, I looked for patterns; at the same time, I questioned the relation of the images to each other through the abstraction of the real in photojournalism. While photography reforms our relation to what is being photographed, I further reconfigured proportions by demarcating, focusing on repeated patterns to force unexpected relations. The cut magnifies into the objects and images where reassembly opens potential for activation in questioning methods of consumption and value, legacies of collecting practices, object/image relation to memory, and the legitimization of historical knowledge. The title is a grand proclamation that recalls the futile expectations of neutrality, truth, and “full coverage” in photojournalism, yet the addition of “A” is a reminder of A HISTORY OF THE WORLD’s commitment to multiple relations and truths. As a result, to look for relations in A HISTORY OF THE WORLD is to undo prevailing narratives and imagine what has yet to come in existence.