# Think of a famous Photo. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050 "2008-04-12T16:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/1 "2008-04-12T16:56:30Z")
Inspired by [the title of] [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463444) What is the _first_ (not the ‘best’) photo that springs to mind when asked to think of a famous photo (i.e. what was the first photo you thought of when you saw this thread.) Mine was… [this one](http://bettererror.com/ErrorProfiles/nexenator/Manonthemoon/files/weltraum_380.jpg) [sub]although I always thought the picture included earth in the background. On googling it turns out it doesn’t. That _is_ the photo I thought of though[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/2 "2008-04-12T16:58:35Z")
[This one.](http://img.timeinc.net/Life/special/kiss01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/3 "2008-04-12T17:03:06Z")
Here is how it was done… \*\*[**SIZE=1]**[**FONT=Arial Narrow]**[\*\*color=#f8f8f8]Given the solipsistic, immoral, anarchic nihilism endemic to a world (universe?) without God, does it (would it) make sense to invent a God?[/size][/font][/color] (If quoting my message, ignore the bold tags… they are to disable the other tags ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/4 "2008-04-12T17:15:44Z")
[Here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TrangBang.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/5 "2008-04-12T17:17:15Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] [This one.](http://img.timeinc.net/Life/special/kiss01.jpg) [/QUOTE] That’s the same one I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/6 "2008-04-12T17:18:49Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Here is how it was done… \*\*[**SIZE=1]**[**FONT=Arial Narrow]**[\*\*color=#f8f8f8]Given the solipsistic, immoral, anarchic nihilism endemic to a world (universe?) without God, does it (would it) make sense to invent a God?[/size][/font][/color] (If quoting my message, ignore the bold tags… they are to disable the other tags [/QUOTE] whoops. wrong thread. (doofus) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/7 "2008-04-12T17:29:08Z")
I’m thirding MsWhatsit’s photo. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/8 "2008-04-12T17:30:41Z")
This one: [http://www.brianripley.com/images/ExecuteVietCong-Feb1-68w.jpg](http://www.brianripley.com/images/ExecuteVietCong-Feb1-68w.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/9 "2008-04-12T17:31:12Z")
Oddly, I thought of an old photo of [Lincoln](http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/lincoln_seated.jpg). How weird. **Beowulff** , that’s the second one I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/10 "2008-04-12T17:31:46Z")
[QUOTE=scout1222] I’m thirding MsWhatsit’s photo. [/QUOTE] I’m guessing it’s the one that was what was parodied on the Simpsons when someone (can’t remember who) grabbed Lisa Simpson and kissed her. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/11 "2008-04-12T17:32:37Z")
[QUOTE=susan] [Here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TrangBang.jpg) [/QUOTE] Me too. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/12 "2008-04-12T17:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I’m guessing it’s the one that was what was parodied on the Simpsons when someone (can’t remember who) grabbed Lisa Simpson and kissed her. [/QUOTE] Recently I heard that the sailor didn’t know the nurse and that she slapped him afterward. Any truth to that? ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/13 "2008-04-12T17:35:03Z")
[Here](http://iusbpreface.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/kevin_carter.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/14 "2008-04-12T17:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=dangermom] Me too. [/QUOTE] Thirded. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/15 "2008-04-12T17:38:46Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] [This one.](http://img.timeinc.net/Life/special/kiss01.jpg) [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/16 "2008-04-12T17:41:55Z")
I third (or is it second-and-a-half?) **beowulff’s** linked photo. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/17 "2008-04-12T17:47:33Z")
[This one](http://www-pe.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/images/capa/capa_big_pic1.jpg?Log=0) ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/18 "2008-04-12T17:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] I third (or is it second-and-a-half?) **beowulff’s** linked photo. [/QUOTE] That was also the first one I thought of. The second was [this](http://www.labnol.org/wp/images/2007/06/green-eye-afghan-girl-national-geographic.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/19 "2008-04-12T17:55:29Z")
I’m not sure why, exactly, but [this one](http://home.hum.uva.nl/oz/elsaesser/911%20-%20Ruby-shooting-Oswald1.jpg) popped into my head when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/20 "2008-04-12T18:17:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] I’m not sure why, exactly, but [this one](http://home.hum.uva.nl/oz/elsaesser/911%20-%20Ruby-shooting-Oswald1.jpg) popped into my head when I saw the thread title. [/QUOTE] Someone did an amusing doctor of that image, with everyone in it being a band. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050.md?page=2)