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.
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.
My brother saw the thread and this famous football photo was the first thing he thought of.
He’s . . . my brother. I don’t know why I was surprised.
Me too.
: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.
This specific shot of the Hindenburg, as others did.
JFK Jr Saluting 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.
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.
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…
Here’s the video again. 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.
The Dorothea Lange migrant mother was my first thought, but since it’s already been listed, here’s another of my favorites.
This one of Gandhi at his spinning wheel.
The first one that came to my mind was the Afghan Girl, but this one is a close second.
Am I the first one to mention this ? It was the first thing I thought of, though it is becoming a bit overused…
This is a great thread…
Weird - it lists the artist as Margaret Bourke-White, but the caption clearly states it was taken by her assistant.
I don’t know why but I was just reminded of this of men eating lunch at a skyscraper construction site.
I was reminded of yet another photo that probably has lost some of it’s noteworthyness.
I remember it from a book on Time-Life photographs.
The first one that pops in my head that hasn’t already been mentioned is the top photo on this page. While not ‘famous’ it often shows up in email glurge with an inaccurate description.