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Dec 19, 2023 · 77. Dovima With Elephants, Paris, 1955. When Richard Avedon photographed Dovima at a Paris circus in 1955 for Harper’s Bazaar, both were already prominent in their fields. She was one of the world’s most famous models, and he was one of the most famous fashion photographers.
May 31, 2022 · Mathew Brady (1822-1896) This scene, photographed by Mathew Brady during the U.S. Civil War, shows a deserted camp and wounded soldier, circa 1865. Mathew Brady/Library of Congress. Mathew Brady was a well-established photographer before the Civil War, but he's considered the first photographer to completely document a war with photos.
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By the end of the war, the library’s holdings amounted to more than 500,000 images. World War II was the most visually documented event in history. There were millions of photographs taken by thousands of photographers during the conflict. Many photographs became famous, iconic.
- Muhammad Ali Knocks Out Sonny Liston, Neil Leifer
- View from The Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, Charles C. Ebbets, Thomas Kelley Or William Leftwich
- Earthrise, William Anders
- First Aerial Photograph, James Wallace
- Starving Child and Vulture, Kevin Carter
- Woman Falling from Fire Escape, Stanley Forman
- The First American Team Summited Mount Everest, Barry Bishop
- The Burning Monk, Malcolm Browne
- Falling Man, Richard Drew
The iconic photo “Muhammad Ali Knocks Out Sonny Liston” by Neil Leifer captures a defining moment in sports history. Taken on May 25, 1965, during the heavyweight championship rematch between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Maine, the image shows Ali standing over Liston, who is sprawled on the canvas. The photo is significant not only f...
“View from the Window at Le Gras” is an iconic photograph taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827. It is considered the oldest surviving camera photograph and holds significant historical importance as the starting point of modern photography. The photo depicts the view from the window of Niépce’s estate in Le Gras, France. The image is a ...
“Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” is an iconic photograph that captures eleven construction workers casually eating lunch while perched on a steel beam high above New York City. The photograph was taken on September 29, 1932, during the construction of the Rockefeller Center’s GE Building. The historical context of the photo is the Great Depression, a seve...
“Earthrise” is an iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission to the moon in December 1968. The photograph captures the Earth rising above the lunar horizon, with the moon’s surface in the foreground. The historical context of the photo is the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the C...
“First Aerial Photograph” is a groundbreaking image taken by James Wallace Black in 1860. It is considered the first successful aerial photograph captured from a balloon. The image, titled “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It,” shows a bird’s-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts. The historical context of the photo is the mid-19th century, ...
“Starving Child and Vulture” is a haunting image captured by South African photojournalist Kevin Carter in 1993. The photograph depicts a severely malnourished child crawling towards a food camp during the Sudan famine, while a vulture ominously waits in the background. The image powerfully captures the desperation and hopelessness of the famine cr...
“Women Falling From Fire Escape” is a poignant photograph captured by Stanley Forman in 1975. It documents the tragic moment when a woman named Diana Bryant and her two-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, fell from a collapsing fire escape during a rescue attempt amidst an apartment fire in Boston. The historical context of the photo is set against ...
“The First American Team Summited Mount Everest” is a powerful photograph taken by Barry Bishop, capturing the historic moment when the first American team reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, in 1963. The historical context of the photo lies in the American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963, organized by the National Geogr...
“The Burning Monk” is a powerful photograph taken by Malcolm Browne in 1963, capturing the self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, as a protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. The photo was taken on June 11, 1963, in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Thích Quảng Đức, seated in a...
“Falling Man” is an iconic photograph taken by Richard Drew on September 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. The image captures a man falling from the North Tower, which was struck by American Airlines Flight 11. The photo was taken shortly after the North Tower was hit, as smoke and flames engulfed th...
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Oct 23, 2023 · 1 Documenting History With Iconic Images; 2 The Top 20 Most Famous Historic Photographs in Mankind’s History. 2.1 View from the Window at Le Gras (1827) by Nicéphore Niépce; 2.2 First Photograph of Machu Picchu (1911) by Hiram Bingham; 2.3 Titanic Prepared to Leave the Port (1912) 2.4 Lunchtime Atop of a Skyscraper (1932) by Charles C. Ebbets
May 23, 2022 · Here are the stories behind 13 of history's iconic photographs, in chronological order. (Warning: Readers may find a few of the pictures disturbing.) Contents. 'Cotton Mill Worker'. 'Migrant Mother'. 'Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima'. 'Bikini Atoll Mushroom Cloud'. 'Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston'. 'Black Power Salute'.
