Thirteen photographs that changed the world, apparently. An interesting, though not quite definitive, list which also gives a little of the background behind each of the pictures. Some ommisions that maybe should have been there, as mentioned in the comments, are the Napalm girl one and the defiant Chinese protester standing his ground in front of a tank. There are others, of course, but if you’re making a list I guess there’s always going to be disagreement.

A photo essay, by Kadhir Van Lohuizen, charting the progress of a diamond from the mine to your finger. Revel, as you slip that rock on your finger, in the knowledge that the miners who pulled it from the earth worked only for food and received no other form of wages. Giggle cheerfully to yourself at the sheer delight of knowing that factory workers, both old and young, in India work 12 hour days - many of them sleeping on the factory floor. All that misery and suffering must give you a warm glow inside.

Before you enter his site Alva Bernadine warns you that he has no respect for man, woman, child or domestic animal. If you can live with that, and aren’t offended by nudity, then his surreal and occasionally erotic photography is well worth looking at. He’s also got a book out called Bernadinism: How to Dominate Men and Subjugate Women.