# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/21 "2008-04-12T18:17:53Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] The second was [this](http://www.labnol.org/wp/images/2007/06/green-eye-afghan-girl-national-geographic.jpg). [/QUOTE] Got mine. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/22 "2008-04-12T18:22:46Z")
Without looking at the link or reading any of the thread… [this photo](http://www.gallerym.com/work.cfm?ID=1051). It popped into my head instantly upon seeing the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/23 "2008-04-12T18:22:57Z")
[Moon and Half Dome](http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1037) ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/24 "2008-04-12T18:25:41Z")
I immediately thought of the photo **Ms Whatsit** posted. I do, however, find it very interesting that the majority of people who’ve posted here first thought of images that are unpleasant or traumatic. I wonder why it is that it’s the unhappy stuff that sticks most in our memories? ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/25 "2008-04-12T18:29:23Z")
[This](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Reichstag_flag.jpg) is what came to mind immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/26 "2008-04-12T18:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=Maureen] I immediately thought of the photo **Ms Whatsit** posted. I do, however, find it very interesting that the majority of people who’ve posted here first thought of images that are unpleasant or traumatic. I wonder why it is that it’s the unhappy stuff that sticks most in our memories? [/QUOTE] Unhappy stuff is _interesting_. I mean, think about it…you see people kissing all the time. It takes a ‘spectacular event’ to make such a scene worthy of remembrance. But someone getting shot? That’s something you \*\*really \*\*don’t see every day. It sticks with you. ---
**Author:** ![Anomalous\_Reading](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Anomalous\_Reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalous_Reading)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/27 "2008-04-12T18:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=dangermom] Me too. [/QUOTE] That’s the one. My second would be [the Tiananmen Square pic](http://ramblingsofpassion.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/051201_tiananmen-square_ex.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/28 "2008-04-12T18:36:25Z")
I also went to Beowwulf’s photo, but since it’s a still taken from film-footage I had [this one](http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/images/lee_harvey_oswald_2.jpg) as an alternate. Amazing how most of the images have to do with some aspect of violence or assassination (even the Afghan girl- she was in a refugee camp due to war). My [third](http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/terrorists_spies/assassins/booth/11c.jpg) and my distant [fourth](http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/z_Projects_in_progress/050418_Einstein/050405_einstein_tongue.widec.jpg) and [fifth](http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/images/photo_niepce.lg.jpg) (and non-violent) thoughts. ---
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/29 "2008-04-12T18:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I also went to Beowwulf’s photo, but since it’s a still taken from film-footage I had [this one](http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/images/lee_harvey_oswald_2.jpg) as an alternate. Amazing how most of the images have to do with some aspect of violence or assassination (even the Afghan girl- she was in a refugee camp due to war). My [third](http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/terrorists_spies/assassins/booth/11c.jpg) and my distant [fourth](http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/z_Projects_in_progress/050418_Einstein/050405_einstein_tongue.widec.jpg) and [fifth](http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/images/photo_niepce.lg.jpg) (and non-violent) thoughts. [/QUOTE] I don’t think it is a film frame. Read this: [http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=131040](http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=131040) ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/30 "2008-04-12T18:54:54Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] [This one.](http://img.timeinc.net/Life/special/kiss01.jpg) [/QUOTE] That’s the one I thought of. Now I don’t have to look it up myself. 🙂 \*\*Susan, \*\*that one just breaks my heart every time I see it. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/31 "2008-04-12T19:04:52Z")
Strange–I’m the only one who thought of this [one](http://www.horsesass.org/wp-content/uploads/kent_state_massacre.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/32 "2008-04-12T19:11:35Z")
Several powerful photos upthread but, on a lighter note, I’ve got a copy of [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000ACM32Q/sr=8-8/qid=1200777670/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=1055398&s=home-garden&qid=1200777670&sr=8-8) in my living room. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/33 "2008-04-12T19:24:23Z")
This was pretty iconic in its day, > **[Guerrillero Heroico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_(photo))** > > Guerrillero Heroico (English: "Heroic Guerrilla Fighter") is an iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda. It was captured on March 5, 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion. By the end of the 1960s, the image, in conjunction with Guevara's subsequent actions and eventual execution, helped solidify the leader as a cultural icon. Korda has said that at the moment he shot the picture, he was drawn to Guevara's facia > E... ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/34 "2008-04-12T19:29:45Z")
> **[Guerrillero Heroico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_(photo))** > > Guerrillero Heroico (English: "Heroic Guerrilla Fighter") is an iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda. It was captured on March 5, 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion. By the end of the 1960s, the image, in conjunction with Guevara's subsequent actions and eventual execution, helped solidify the leader as a cultural icon. Korda has said that at the moment he shot the picture, he was drawn to Guevara's facia > E... froookin boards are running poo today. **casdave** your link was broken. the above link works Darn it! A bug in sdmb? (if you paste a link with parenthesis in… the software excludes the last ) from the url) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/35 "2008-04-12T19:40:44Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] 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). [/QUOTE] My first was your second. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/36 "2008-04-12T19:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=Gail] Strange–I’m the only one who thought of this [one](http://www.horsesass.org/wp-content/uploads/kent_state_massacre.jpg) [/QUOTE] Nope, that was mine too. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/37 "2008-04-12T19:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] [This one.](http://img.timeinc.net/Life/special/kiss01.jpg) [/QUOTE] Me four. Or five, I quit counting. Probably some shrink would have something to say about the differences between people whose first choice was something traumatic or violent, or some of us whose first thought was something mildly erotic. I dunno, I just always imagined the nurse in this picture being extremely hot, so I kinda like it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/38 "2008-04-12T20:07:12Z")
Also **MsWhatsit** ’s photo. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/39 "2008-04-12T20:07:28Z")
I also thought of **MsWhatsit** ’s, but a close second was [this one](http://www.estatevaults.com/lm/images/fireman_stairs_WTC.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/40 "2008-04-12T20:23:24Z")
[Only because I used it for class a few weeks ago.](http://www.indianchild.com/images/great_depression_photograph.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050.md?page=3)