clipped from: www.neatorama.com Any picture can speak 1,000 words, but only a select few say something poignant enough to galvanize an entire society. The following photographs screamed so loudly that the entire world stopped to take notice.
1. The Photograph That Raised the Photojournalistic Stakes:
"Omaha Beach, Normandy, France"
Robert Capa, 1944
2. The Photograph That Gave a Face to the Great Depression
"Migrant Mother"
Dorothea Lange, 1936
3. The Photograph That Brought the Battlefield Home
"Federal Dead on the Field of Battle of First Day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"
Mathew Brady, 1863
4. The Photograph That Ended a War But Ruined a Life
"Murder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police Chief"
Eddie Adams, 1968
5. The Photograph That Isn’t as Romantic as You Might Think
"V-J Day, Times Square, 1945", a.k.a. "The Kiss"
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
6. The Photograph That Destroyed an Industry
"Hindenburg"
Murray Becker, 1937
7. The Photograph That Saved the Planet
"The Tetons - Snake River"
Ansel Adams, 1942
8. The Photograph That Kept Che Alive
"The Corpse of Che Guevara"
Freddy Alborta, 1967
9. The Photograph that Allowed Geniuses to Have a Sense of Humor
"Einstein with his Tongue Out"
Arthur Sasse, 1951
10. The Photograph That Made the Surreal Real
"Dalí Atomicus"
Philippe Halsman, 1948
11. The Photograph That Lied
"Loch Ness Monster" a.k.a. "The Surgeon’s Photo"
Ian Wetherell, 1934
12. The Photograph That Almost Wasn’t
"Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel"
Margaret Bourke-White, 1946
13. The Photograph That Foreshadowed the Future
"Le Violon d’Ingres"
Man Ray, 1924
