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| World's most famous photograph The other thread got me thinking globally and I wondered what people thought was the world's most famous photograph.
I think my vote for most famous photo ever has to be Yeltsin atop the tank in 1991 staring down the coup forces. It's not a stunning picture in and of itself (there are various versions of the same event) but the significance of that event caught on film can't be discounted.
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Alone against the tanks in Tienamen Square... |
The first details the horrors of war in Vietnam and the second was the protester facing the tanks in Tienamen Square. |
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StyvasGo Canucks GoPremium
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Hamilton, ON | I read an interview some time ago with the young girl in the middle of that top picture, now an adult, of course. If I recall correctly, she lives in Canada now. |
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I think the first 'stop action' photo (not the bullet through the apple one) of the Horse jumping wins.
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Yes I read the interview last year as well, but was too fuzzy on details to google it. I believe she's living on the west coast now. |
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Her name was Kim Phuc and she was badly burned in that napalm attack.
Here's her story...
»advance.uconn.edu/2004/041108/04110803.htm |
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StyvasGo Canucks GoPremium
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Hamilton, ON | Just found similar coverage. I guess we were both Googling at the same time.
»news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4517597.stm |
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I vote for this. Probably the only photo that also has a memorial of the event. |
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said by happylurk :
I can think of two instances of photojournalism that have stood out in my recollection over the past 50 years.
The first details the horrors of war in Vietnam and the second was the protester facing the tanks in Tienamen Square.
That lone man standing against an army just gives me goose bumps...such a powerful statement in such a powerful picture, easily the most evoking picture I have laid eyes on.
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I second the Iwo Jima pic. |
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1 edit | I saw that actual statue in New York. I didn't know it would be at the museum and was astonished as I came around the corner and there it was.
Apparently, the picture was posed, however. The photographer had seen something similar earlier that day and had it recreated for the photograph. |
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Halifax, NS | I was in grade 3 on November 22, 1963 when JFK was shot.. I also remember watching Jack Ruby shooting Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department on Sunday November 24, 1963 on tv.
When I returned to school on Monday, the Union Jack flew at half mast at Atlantic Memorial School in Shad Bay, Nova Scotia...
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vue666Humour,no one takes it seriouslyPremium
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My second pick would be the first moon landing... |
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said by Styvas:Apparently, the picture was posed, however. The photographer had seen something similar earlier that day and had it recreated for the photograph. Not true.
»www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingb.htm
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_th···ond_flag |
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| They swapped out flags, not posed...for those who don't want to click links. |
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 mordin42 inches of 1080pPremium
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I've always liked these |
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said by vue666:My second pick would be the first moon landing... hehehe...do you seriously think that joke of a spacecraft made it all the way to the moon and back, gold tin foil and all? 
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I don't know about world famous but it sure is for most Canadians. |
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said by dirtyjeffer: hehehe...do you seriously think that joke of a spacecraft made it all the way to the moon and back, gold tin foil and all? Luckily for you, the y left enough tin foil on Earth for you to make a hat out of.
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 Did this remind anyone else of Monica Lewinsky, or is there something wrong with me? |
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