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the world

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

This photograph was famous all over America, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt saw the photograph he ordered the surviving men of that photograph to return to the U.S to support the cause for the war.

This is a powerful photograph in the way that it highlights victory and pride. This photo was taken 4 days into the battle and the battle raged on for another 26 days. Three out of the five men pictured died in battle after the photo was taken.

A Masai Mara LionThis photograph of the Masai Mara Lion is really a wonderful piece of work. It conveys so much meaning that you could stare at it endlessly. This image conveys emotion through the way in which the lions head is positioned. It makes you feel as if he can see something in the distance. This plant that is to the right of the animal gives you an in site into what the landscape is like. This eyes of the lion tell you that he is focusing in on something, however the rest of his body is calm which is what makes it such a wonderful image. By Jonathan Paul

Powerful Visual Image- Tim Pearson

I believe this is a powerful image for it shows and demonstrates what is occurring in this

modern time throughout undeveloped countries of the world- Poverty. It has an

emotional appeal because we are all able to relate and interpret what this disturbing

image is convincing us of.

Napalm Attack

This photo depicts some of the tragedies of the Vietnam War. This picture is of a Napalm Attack of the small town Trang Bang, South Vietnam, on June the 8. The nude

girl suffered 3rd degree burns to 80% of her body so Nick Ut took her and her brother, closest child, to the nearest hospital.

Nick Ut, 1972

The photo I chose was from a past issue of the National Geographic Magazine.

I think this is a powerful photo not because of the sadness of the photo rather the humour and expressive nature of

the monkey.

The Monkey is delighting in something, it seems to me, and is expressing his feelings by releasing his emotions to the world

through the photo.

It also looks like a very jolly photo and humourous one because of the pose the monkey is in. This is why this photo touches me. Instead of the usual sadness or sullen theme it is

a joyful monkey expressing himself.

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Lunch atop a Skyscraper: Charles C. Ebbets: 1932.

I believe that this is a powerful image in that it depicts humans acting normally, eating lunch, in

fascinating and dangerous circumstances. By showcasing the workers across the middle of the

image it gives you a feeling of Mankind’s dominance, accentuated by the fact that the men’s feet are dangling carelessly over the edge. Below is the urban Sprawl that is

New York City, again projecting men above this is showing Man Kind’s dominance. This image shows me just how powerful, adaptable and versatile the human race is. It may not be as serious as many other

photographs but I feel it still holds meaning nonetheless.

Callum Dillon.

The picture I have chosen is “Execution in Saigon” taken by Eddie Adams on February 1st 1968 in Southern Vietnam. This was taken, as you probably

realized,during the Second IndoChina War in Saigon. The image shows a south Vietnamese police officer executing a North Vietnamese POW. This image is so

powerful because convey such strange relationships between the three men. While the two men on the left, a South Vietnamese police chief and a soldier, are cool, calm and collected standing in their nonchalant poses while the man on the

right is so fearful. This is particularly effective in the context it is in because it goes against the general propaganda the South Vietnamese and the American were the goodies and the North Vietnamese and Chinese were the baddies, it implements a rather dull shade of grey on the situation and shows the complexity of this war. Also the fact that this is being done in a public place with a man running past in the background and not even blinking an eye, depicts the south Vietnamese and American soldiers as the exact opposite of how the rest of the American media was portraying them. It was photos like this one that played a major role in the

anti- war campaign over in the USA. It is interesting that after the Second IndoChina War the freedom of war images that were allowed to be published was

restricted quite drastically.

Execution in Saigon

I think this is an extremely powerful photo because of quite a number of reasons:

The desert setting really shows the viewer how hash conditions are for some people in other countries.

The focus is on two objects: The exhausted child and the vulture, it seems as if the vulture is waiting for the child to die so it can feast.

The child is no skinny and under-nourished.

The way the childs head is bowed give the viewer the impression that he has had so much pain, he would rather lie down and die.

Powerful Photograph

Nature Image

• This picture is seen as amazing and emotional because it is the great work of nature. It is also untouched. This is so amazing because it very unusual. Any unusual thing today has been touched by human hands and changed.

I think this is a powerful photo because it brings out the curiosity in the gorilla.It is close up and the gorilla is purely focused on the camera. I think the immediate reaction or feeling for the gorilla is a sort of attachment, you sort of feel like you want to find out more about the animal.

The photograph, featuring Hitler in full flight during a rally speech, both provokes strong emotion from the responder and engages the responder to become involved in the scene. The photograph is a highly effective one because it is visually and emotionally exciting on several levels, firstly it has a strong composition, that is, how the image is built up, secondly the context that it was taken in is a highly sensitive era and the lighting used heightens the atmosphere of the event incredibly. The photograph, evokes fear, disgust and yet admiration in a visually literate responder all at once as it captures a unique moment in all of its passion and, many would say, horror.

I believe that it is powerful because for one it is a boy holding up the sign and two everyone is grim faced. It is also a very modern photo which shows that it could be happening very near us.

• This image is what i believe to be symbolic of life (the pathway being childhood, which is easy, then the rocks being adolescence and adulthood, which is harder). this is combined with the epic look created by the mountains large structure, and the natural colours. Photograph by Vaughan Gurney, Table Mountain

• This image is what i believe to be symbolic of life (the pathway being childhood, which is easy, then the rocks being adolescence and adulthood, which is harder). this is combined with the epic look created by the mountains large structure, and the natural colours. Photograph by Vaughan Gurney, Table Mountain

This image has emotional appeal because the eyes of the gorilla look so intelligent. As this is an animal we

feel that we are dominant but in this image it’s as though we can see what the animal is thinking.

This picture displays the deep sorrow of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. With the 7th anniversary coming up the emotion is high for the thousands of people affected all over the world. This pictures shows the second and final plane hitting the second World Trade Tower. This picture goes deep emotionally because there were so many innocent lives snuffed out for no reason.