# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/141 "2008-04-15T17:06:20Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] I’m bugged now. There’s a particular photograph that I wanted to add to this thread but can’t seem to locate. Now it’s driving me crazy. The image is from the Olympic games, sometime in the 1980s (I think it was '84?) of a sprinter/runner who suffered a muscle spasm and fell to the ground. The photo shows a medic rushing to her aid, while the runner, in tears, looks down the track at her competitors running on (and consequently, seeing her dreams of an Olympic medal vanishing before her eyes.) Does this ring a bell with anyone? [/QUOTE] Speaking of the Olympics, does anyone have a photo of Kerri Strug? Poor sweetie badly twisted her ankle on the horse thing, still went back and nailed it a second time, which got the women their first All Around gold medal. I remember her hopping on one foot to turn to salute the judges, and her coach carried her out in his arms for the medal ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/142 "2008-04-15T17:12:57Z")
I thought of the photos of Kim Phuc (the screaming Vietnamese girl) and Sharbat Gula (the Afghan refugee from _National Geographic_) at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/143 "2008-04-15T17:37:45Z")
My brother saw the thread and this [famous football photo](http://www.danielcurran.com/images/blog/f4a726742964_949C/image_thumb.png) was the first thing he thought of. He’s . . . my brother. I don’t know why I was surprised. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/144 "2008-04-16T00:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] The National Geographic cover: [Afghan Girl](http://www.savetibet.org/images/calendar/SteveMcCurryAfghanGirl.jpg) [/QUOTE] Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/145 "2008-04-16T06:34:21Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] If I had ever seen [this one](http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/the-youngest-mother-1939.html) before today, it would have been #1. Beats all the blood and guts for gross. [/QUOTE] :eek: How is that even _possible_!? Can a 5-year old go through puberty? And the obvious question, who was the father!? The photo I first thought of was the National Geographic Afghan girl. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/146 "2008-04-16T08:48:59Z")
[This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hindenburg_burning.jpg) specific shot of the _Hindenburg_, as others did. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/147 "2008-04-16T09:17:02Z")
[JFK Jr Saluting](http://www.unctv.org/pressroom/jfk/images/AMEX3yearoldJFKjrSalutes.jpg) was the first one that leaped to my mind. I’m a little surprised that Iwo Jima and Hindenburg haven’t been more heavily represented. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/148 "2008-04-16T12:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] :eek: How is that even _possible_!? Can a 5-year old go through puberty? And the obvious question, who was the father!? [/QUOTE] [Snopes says True](http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/149 "2008-04-16T14:38:05Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] 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) [/QUOTE] The Eddie Adams photo is a single photo taken with a Nikon SLR 35mm camera. But at the same time Adams was shooting, so was an NBC film cameraman standing next to him. I have seen film of the execution. The victim slumps to the ground with blood geysering from his temple. I remember being surprised to see so much blood being pumped out so forcefully – not like what you see in the movies. I saw the footage as part of a film I watched when I was in college back in 1981 or 1982. I don’t remember the name of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/150 "2008-04-16T17:52:10Z")
It’s a photo Eve brought up awhile ago (and I can’t find it) - it’s the girl who jumped from a building in New York and landed on a car. n ETA - if anyone has any idea what I’m talking about or has a link it’d be great… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/151 "2008-04-16T18:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] The Eddie Adams photo is a single photo taken with a Nikon SLR 35mm camera. But at the same time Adams was shooting, so was an NBC film cameraman standing next to him. I have seen film of the execution. The victim slumps to the ground with blood geysering from his temple. I remember being surprised to see so much blood being pumped out so forcefully – not like what you see in the movies. I saw the footage as part of a film I watched when I was in college back in 1981 or 1982. I don’t remember the name of the film. [/QUOTE] [Here’s the video again.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdIvPzCvwBU) The NBC footage is at 1:30. edit: That photo is a prime example of why I believe still photography will never be supplanted by moving pictures. There is just so much more drama, so much more interest in the still photo, precisely because it is not moving and we are able to linger over the details. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/152 "2008-04-16T22:15:34Z")
The Dorothea Lange migrant mother was my first thought, but since it’s already been listed, here’s [another of my favorites.](http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424491746/424079904/margaret-bourke-white-margaret-bourke-white-working-atop-the-chrysler-building-new-york-ny-photographed-by-her-assistant-oscar-graubner.html) ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/153 "2008-04-17T11:19:36Z")
[This one](http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/gandhi-1946.html) of Gandhi at his spinning wheel. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/154 "2008-04-17T13:35:38Z")
The first one that came to my mind was the Afghan Girl, but [this one](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PA2/PPR45008~Black-Power-Salute-1968-Olympics-Mexico-City-Posters.jpg) is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/155 "2008-04-17T13:58:07Z")
Am I the first one to mention [this](http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/fireman-01.htm) ? It was the first thing I thought of, though it is becoming a bit overused… This is a great thread… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/156 "2008-04-17T16:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=Big\_Norse] The Dorothea Lange migrant mother was my first thought, but since it’s already been listed, here’s [another of my favorites.](http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424491746/424079904/margaret-bourke-white-margaret-bourke-white-working-atop-the-chrysler-building-new-york-ny-photographed-by-her-assistant-oscar-graubner.html) [/QUOTE] Weird - it lists the artist as Margaret Bourke-White, but the caption clearly states it was taken by her assistant. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/157 "2008-04-17T17:04:38Z")
I don’t know why but I was just reminded of [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/ludimax/MyWalpaperCollection/photo#5114023483255891650) of men eating lunch at a skyscraper construction site. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/158 "2008-04-17T17:15:13Z")
I was reminded of yet [another photo](http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Ivan.Gemov/3.jpg) that probably has lost some of it’s noteworthyness. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/159 "2008-04-17T17:20:28Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] It’s a photo Eve brought up awhile ago (and I can’t find it) - it’s the girl who jumped from a building in New York and landed on a car. n ETA - if anyone has any idea what I’m talking about or has a link it’d be great… [/QUOTE] [Evelyn McHale](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/04/23/nyregion/thecity/23scar_CA0.ready.html) I remember it from a book on Time-Life photographs. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050/160 "2008-04-17T19:24:44Z")
The first one that pops in my head that hasn’t already been mentioned is the top photo on [this](http://www.dpca.org/Legisltv/Photos.htm) page. While not ‘famous’ it often shows up in email glurge with an inaccurate description. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-photo/445050.md?page=9)