Thirteen Photographs That Changed The World
January 2nd, 2007 by Bif
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.
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January 4th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
How about the Buddist Quang Duc’s self-immolation
January 4th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
There’s certainly an argument but it could be said that the impact was made by the act itself rather than the photograph. Haven’t really thought how that argument plays out with regards the other photographs though.
January 4th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
The priest holding up the white hanky during bloody Sunday is another one and that maybe should have made it.
January 4th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
How bizzare, I was going to say Father Daly Holding the hanky on Bloody Sunday too! I said nothing because it was originally recorded on film and not a photograph. Nice one!
January 5th, 2007 at 1:13 am
Yeah, I thought of that afterwards myself. The guy standing in front of the tank might have been too, when I think of it.