iconic photographs in world history

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Iconic photographs in

world history

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The first permanent photograph was an image produced in 1826 by the French inventor Joseph Nicphore

Nipce.


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Importance of photography

Photography has served many purposes over

the years, and continues to serve us today.

Memories ( Emotions, celebrations, vacations)

Documentation ( Photojournalism, events, crimes)

Artistry (Expressive, abstract, portraiture)

Hobby ( Timepass, feel good factor, expression)

Advertisement (attract customers)


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Any picture may be worth a thousand words, but

only a few rare photos tell more than a thousand

words.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked

into. ~Ansel Adams


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Beginning Of An Era

2002: Sourav Ganguly Removed His Shirt After Winning Natwest Trophy Against England at lords.


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THE AFGHAN GIRL

DEC 1984: an Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, who was the subject of a famous photograph by journalist Steve

McCurry . Gula was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan when

she was photographed.


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The Power Of ONE

2007: Photograph of a lone Jewish woman (By Oded Balilty) defying Israeli security forces as they removeillegal settlers in the West Bank. won the Pulitzer Breaking News Photography 2007 award


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Was it really the Loch Ness monster ???

1934:The Loch Ness Monster (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Nessin the Scottish Highlands. The "Surgeon's Photograph" purported to be the first photo of a "head andneck"


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Memories that haunt us

time & again


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The Great Calcutta Killings

16th August , 1946


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Bhopal Gas Tragedy

3rd December , 1984


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Babri Mosque Demolition

6rd December , 1992


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Gujarat Riots

27rd February , 2002


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Mumbai Terror Attack

26rd November , 2008


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Courage Under Fire


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The Burning Monk

11 June 1963-Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street to

protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.The photo

was taken by Malcolm Browne.


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Last Rites

1962-Navy chaplain Luis Padillo gives last rites to a soldier wounded by sniper fire during a revolt

in Venezuela. The photo was taken by Hctor Rondn Lovera.


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I Have A Dream

Aug. 28, 1963-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at at the Lincoln

Memorial for the American Civil Rights movement.


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Black Power Salute

16 October 1968-The 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute: African American athletes Tommie

Smith and John Carlos raise their fists in a gesture of solidarity at the 1968 Olympic games.


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Tank Man

June 5, 1989- In the wake of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, one solitary

man defied the awesome power of the Chinese state . The photo was taken by Jeff Widener.


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Pictures that changed

the world


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If Your Pictures Aren't Good Enough You Aren't Close Enough.

1944: Robert Capa Words to die by, yes, but the man knew of what he spoke. After all, his most

memorable shots were taken on the morning of D-Day, June 6, 1944, when he landed alongside the first

waves of infantry at Omaha Beach.


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The Photograph That Ended A War But Ruined A Life

1968: Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world," photojournalist Eddie Adams oncewrote. A fitting quote for Adams, because his 1968 photograph of an officer shooting a handcuffedprisoner in the head at point-blank range not only earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1969, but also went a longway toward souring Americans' attitudes about the Vietnam War.


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The Photograph That Kept Che Alive

1967: The above iconic shot was taken by Freddy Alberto. Sociopathic thug? Socialist luminary? Or as Jean-

Paul Sartre called him, "the most complete human being of our age"? Whatever you believe, there's no

denying that Ernesto "Che" Guevara has become the patron saint of revolutionaries..


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The Last Jew in Vinnitsa

This was found in the personal album of an Einsatzgruppen soldier. It was labelled on the back The last

Jew of Vinnitsa. All 28,000 of the Jews living there were killed at the time.


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Operation Lion Heart

Taken by Deanne Fitzmaurice . A 9-year-old Iraqi boy who was severely injured by an explosion during one of themost violent conflicts of modern history the Iraq War. The boy was brought to a hospital in Oakland, CA wherehe had to undergo dozens of life-and-death surgeries. His courage and unwillingness to die gave him thenickname: Saleh Khalaf, Lion Heart.


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The Photograph that Allowed Geniuses to Have a Sense of Humor

1951:Arthur Sasse. You may appreciate this memorable portrait as much as the next fellow, but it's still fair towonder: "Did it really change history?" Rest assured, we think it did. By humanizing a man known chieflyfor his brilliance, this image is the reason Einstein's name has become synonymous not only with "genius,"but also with "wacky genius."


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The Good Bye Kiss

1945:The photograph that isn't as romantic as you might think Unexplained expression of deluging

feelings! This picture of a sailor kissing a nurse was taken on 14 August, 1945 at Times Square by Alfred

Eisenstaedt, marking the end of World War II.


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ARE WE LIVING IN A CIVILIZED

WORLD?

THESE PICTURES HAVE A DIFFERENT

STORY TO TELL


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The Vulture and the Vulture?

1993: By Kevin Carter at a United Nations feeding center in Sudan

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, 1994

Source: www..documentingreality.com


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The Innocent Face of a Tragedy- Omayra Sanchez

1985- By Frank Fournier at Armero, Colombia

Omayra Sanchez- a 13 year old victim of the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano

Winner of the World Press Photo of the Year for 1985


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The Price of Treachery?

1994- By James Nachtwey while covering the Rwandan genocide

Winner of the World Press Photo of the Year for 1994


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The Most Photographed Day in History

9/11: Captured on television

Mr. Bushs aide Andrew Card breaking the news about the disaster to Mr. President


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The Most Photographed Day in History (contd.)

By Richard Drew

One of the most recognizable photographs from 9/11


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The Most Photographed Day in History (contd.)

Shortly after 9/11, this image spread like a wild fire on the internet

This photograph was later confirmed to be a hoax.


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Hope- Maybe the Best of Things

2000- By Carol Guzy at Kukes, Albania at a camp for the Kosovo refugees.

Two year old Agim Shala being passed through a barbed wire fence to his grandparents

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 2000


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Hope- Maybe the Best of Things(contd.)

October 21,1967- By Marc Riboud during a protest against the Vietnam war at the Pentagon.

Inspiration and symbol of the Flower Power movement.


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So long as the millions live in hunger and

ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who,

having been educated at their expense, pays

not the least heed to them.

-Swami Vivekananda


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