The 20 Most Famous Pictures Ever

[bladefd]

I am only posting pictures that I feel were MOST famous (or important if you want to look at it that way) to humanity in some respect - most of them I found on ebaumsworld. It includes both events and people. List is not in any specific order btw - I only grouped the various pictures together in the beginning then it's just misc.


WW2 Related:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729118.jpg
Flag raising at Iwo Jima - one of the bloodiest battles ever. Japanese fought to the last man with VERY few surrendering.

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729088.jpg
Holocaust - Genocide over Nazi party showing hatred towards specific groups of people (Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, etc). Picture captures one of the negative qualities of humanity: the tug of war over power through hatred

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729090.jpg
Nazi party officially put in power - The Greatest Infamy of Humanity

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729077.jpg
Soviet flag being raised in Berlin on the Reichstag - End of WW2 in Europe.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Nagasakibomb.jpg/220px-Nagasakibomb.jpg
The bomb that ended the war in the Pacific and the end of the final chapter of WW2. Start of a new nuclear age.


Non-violent attempts for peace:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729079.jpg
Unknown single man with grocery bags vs Tanks in Tiananmen Square - Guts Guts Guts. (somebody in a youtube video posted this that pretty much concludes the picture: "It' the symbolizm of it; while communism stand for the individual being weak in comparison to the whole, he showed how one individual could stand against the whole.")

http://worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/ghandi.jpg
The poor man that was able to get an entire country freedom through strictly peaceful means; this picture captures how simple Gandhi's life was in how he lived it. Anybody can do anything if they put their mind to it:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729085.jpg
Civil Rights Movement - MLK's most famous speech, Picture with those many people in D.C. captures the emotion over the right to legally remove black racial discrimination peacefully.


Space exploration related:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729089.jpg
Space Shuttle Challenge explosion: Space Race still in its infancy - Space exploration and research very important to us for advancement into the final frontier of space.

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729093.jpg
First picture of Earth from space from some distance:

[bladefd]

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729122.jpg
Moon landing was pretty much what defined the victor of the Space Race.


Other misc famous pictures:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729113.jpg
Man of the century. Need I say more?

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-6/wright-brothers-first-flight.jpg
First flight by the Wright Brothers

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/lucy.jpg
Lucy - probably the most famous fossil ever.

http://www.old-picture.com/defining-moments/pictures/Eisenhower-Paratroopers-D-Day.jpg
Probably the most famous DDay picture

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729125.jpg
This might be the picture of the 2000's decade.

http://jonahprobell.com/famous_photos/Stricken%20Child%20Crawling%20Towards%20UN%20Food% 20Camp%20-%20Sudan%20(1994)_small.jpg
Captures the essence of the Darfur crisis.

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729130.jpg
JFK a few minutes before he was killed.

http://www.wickedreport.com/images/Top10WorldMostFamousPhotos_03.jpg
Winston Churchill - one of the 2 runner-ups for man of the century award by TIME magazine (with Gandhi, Einstein winner).. Arguably the most influential political figure ever. Supposedly, this was his most popular picture.

http://www.thequoteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/che-guevara-1960-print-c10287697.jpeg
Che Guevara - another very famous political figure

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

:applause: :applause: :applause: nice

[johndeeregreen]

Is the flag raising pic the most iconic in American history?

Also:

http://www.forgottenoh.com/KentState/kent-famousphoto.jpg

http://www.athousandandone.com/photos/0/4493b049bfa96_s.jpg

[BlackJordan]

Michael Jordan freethrow dunk

[JohnWall2]

http://johnwallpictures.com/images/che_wall.gif

[BlackJordan]

http://johnwallpictures.com/images/che_wall.gif


lol

[pete's montreux]

Is the flag raising pic the most iconic in American history?

Also:

http://www.forgottenoh.com/KentState/kent-famousphoto.jpg



Is this from that college shooting? The event escapes me now.

[bladefd]

Is the flag raising pic the most iconic in American history?

Also:

http://www.forgottenoh.com/KentState/kent-famousphoto.jpg

http://www.athousandandone.com/photos/0/4493b049bfa96_s.jpg

Hm, I would say that the moon landing was probably the most iconic in American history.

As for the pictures, I would say Kent State Massacre one should be on the list. I would probably put that over the Planet Earth one probably. I mean that Earth picture has been taken MANY times so it is nothing extremely special except that that specific picture was the first one ever taken.

The other one with Lee Harvey Oswald probably wouldn't make it onto my top 20. The other ones are too important compared to that one to make it.

[Jasper]

quite a difference how men fight :

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729118.jpg

to this

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/19242/80729125.jpg :facepalm

[pete's montreux]

http://www.todaysseniorsnetwork.com/times%20square%20kiss%20end%20of%20wwII.jpg

[-playmaker-]

it is like watching the intro to WATCHMEN

[Sarcastic]

This is a pretty famous picture:

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/760/ali3hu.jpg

[MeloMike]

Is this from that college shooting? The event escapes me now.

Yep. Kent State, 1970 I believe. Very very odd picture, everyone around her looks oblivious to what's going on.

[johndeeregreen]

Hm, I would say that the moon landing was probably the most iconic in American history.

As for the pictures, I would say Kent State Massacre one should be on the list. I would probably put that over the Planet Earth one probably. I mean that Earth picture has been taken MANY times so it is nothing extremely special except that that specific picture was the first one ever taken.

The other one with Lee Harvey Oswald probably wouldn't make it onto my top 20. The other ones are too important compared to that one to make it.
Ironically, the picture of Oswald being shot is the most remembered/iconic/defining picture of the entire Kennedy assassination. Oswald's death isn't overly significant, but the fact that it's the lasting image of Kennedy's death certainly is.

[bladefd]

Yep. Kent State, 1970 I believe. Very very odd picture, everyone around her looks oblivious to what's going on.

Very bothersome picture to me as well. Look at the people in the background walking around with their hands in their pocket as if nothing is happening without even looking her way (only a couple people are actually looking in her direction). Probably don't even give 2 $hit$ about the commotion. I am sure that lady crouching on the ground is crying loudly so it isn't like nobody can hear it. :facepalm

[hateraid]

http://blogs.whatsontv.co.uk/movietalk/files/2009/02/noltenick1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/f/f0/20061225132913!James_brown_mugshot2.jpg

[Jasper]

Very bothersome picture to me as well. Look at the people in the background walking around with their hands in their pocket as if nothing is happening without even looking her way (only a couple people are actually looking in her direction). Probably don't even give 2 $hit$ about the commotion. I am sure that lady crouching on the ground is crying loudly so it isn't like nobody can hear it. :facepalm

If I recall the shooter was in a tower taking pot shots at people around the campus.. many students had no idea what was going on.
This was my kid days , when people sat , laid or stood any where , because the times change in regards to correct behavior.
Any case don't think people were ignoring this girl or the body ... it was a situation where they might not of heard the shots , but people just falling down. The number of deaths i do not recall - 13 ?

[johndeeregreen]

If I recall the shooter was in a tower taking pot shots and people around the campus.. many students had no idea what was going on.
This was my kid days , when people sat , laid or stood any where , because the times change in regards to correct behavior.
Any case don't think people were ignoring this girl or the body ... it was a situation where they might not of heard the shots , but people just falling down. The number of deaths i do not recall - 13 ?
You're thinking of the U of T shooting. This was when the Nat'l Guard gunned down some students.

[jbot]

http://johnwallpictures.com/images/che_wall.gif
:oldlol:

[jbot]

Yep. Kent State, 1970 I believe. Very very odd picture, everyone around her looks oblivious to what's going on.
must have been the 1st person shot or something. people are just standing and walking around.

[JerrySteakhouse]

http://johnwallpictures.com/images/che_wall.gif

I actually laughed out loud. :lol :lol :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Kobe Jnr]

http://www.thequoteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/che-guevara-1960-print-c10287697.jpeg
Che Guevara - another very famous political figure[/QUOTE]



Just started reading about him and the Cuban revolution. Very interesting.

[1manfastbreak]

http://www.joesportsfan.com/jsfpics/columns/mjposter.jpg

[Black Joker]

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPlange.jpg

[Patrick Chewing]

http://www.ghostwoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/rasputin.jpg

http://www.labnol.org/wp/images/2007/06/green-eye-afghan-girl-national-geographic.jpg

[Manute for Ever!]

http://www.labnol.org/wp/images/2007/06/green-eye-afghan-girl-national-geographic.jpg

I was just thinking of adding that one myself. The Hindenburg disaster is another that deserves a mention:

http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/21/2100/7YQ2D00Z.jpg

Greeat thread, by the way.

[Manute for Ever!]

A couple more:

http://www.altereddimensions.net/images/crime/jonestown/JonestownArielBodies.jpg
Jonestown Massacre

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45496000/jpg/_45496636_berlinwall_ap.jpg
East German border guards looking through as one of the first portions of the
Berlin Wall is torn down (Ironically, almost the same time as the Tiananmen Square tank photo).

[Juges8932]

http://www.todaysseniorsnetwork.com/times%20square%20kiss%20end%20of%20wwII.jpg

Yes. Good list and great thread idea, OP.

[the GIBBET]

http://orvillelloyddouglas.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/michael-jackson-mugshot1.jpg

[BlackJordan]

http://imkeithhernandez.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/knockout_kobe__childs.jpg

This picture is very meaningful. As you can see by the fat flaps bouncing off Kobe, you can tell that he is getting punched by another african american. This single blow is known throughout the sport world as "THE final blow".

[Mista Kool]

http://assets.gearlive.com/tvenvy/blogimages/SimpsonOJ.jpg

[Ronaldinho]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00672/loch-monster-404_672487c.jpg
Loch Ness Monster [1934]

http://worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/budist_monk_on_fire.jpg
Burning Monk - The Self-Immolation [1963]

http://semtedio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/beatles_-_abbey_road.jpg
Abbey Road [1969]

[B-Low]

http://bycommonconsent.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/july_2008_1968_olympic_protest.jpg

[jbot]

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPlange.jpg
who's that guy?

[jbot]

A couple more:

http://www.altereddimensions.net/images/crime/jonestown/JonestownArielBodies.jpg
Jonestown Massacre


damn idiots.

[Gundress]

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8241/hitlerstalinr.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/hitlerstalinr.jpg/)

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1913/muhammadaliq.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/muhammadaliq.jpg/)

[Styles p]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-oTNHjNAd_E/SWJWa9H6V0I/AAAAAAAAALg/ECapx9eqp6k/s400/antoine.jpg

[Jailblazers7]

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8241/hitlerstalinr.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/hitlerstalinr.jpg/)

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1913/muhammadaliq.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/muhammadaliq.jpg/)

Ali's most famour would probably be this:

http://clatterymachinery.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/muhammad-ali.jpg

[Manute for Ever!]

There is nothing pretty about war, but some of the images are nothing short of incredible:

http://enticingthelight.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/napalm20girl.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/tools/WPro/images/12h/lego2.jpg

http://askthephotographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/41.jpg

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/warzone/BLOG-DOVER-AFB-CASKETS.jpg

http://www.ezzal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/unforgettable-Rare-Touching-Powerful-hostorical-photos-around-the-world-17-Civil-War-in-Angola-Francesco-Zizola.jpg

http://www.ezzal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/11.-The-Body-of-Che-Guevara-Bolivia-1967.jpg

http://www.ezzal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/7.-The-Last-Jew-in-Vinnitsa-Ukraine-1941.jpg

http://www.ezzal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/unforgettable-Rare-Touching-Powerful-hostorical-photos-around-the-world-8-Accident-Stanley-Forman.jpg

http://www.ezzal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/unforgettable-Rare-Touching-Powerful-hostorical-photos-around-the-world-20-Iraqi-prisoner-with-his-child-Jean-Marc-Bouju.jpg

[Manute for Ever!]

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPlange.jpgwho's that guy?


This photograph of Florence Owens Thompson (32 year old mother of 7) is one of the great representations of the Great Depression. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange after Florence had sold her tent to provide food for her children.

http://www.funmasters.co.cc/2010/04/world-famous-historical-photographs.html

[Myth]

http://wtfhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cigar-guy-original1.jpg

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/Cigar_guy_cigar_guys_better.grid-8x2.jpg

[DirkNowitzki41]

http://johnwallpictures.com/images/che_wall.gif

:oldlol:

[Quizno]

not even close to being a famous picture, but it's pretty moving. the captions definitely help.

http://i31.tinypic.com/29d7i9e.jpg

[clipse026]

http://wtfhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cigar-guy-original1.jpg

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/Cigar_guy_cigar_guys_better.grid-8x2.jpg
:roll: :roll: Reminds me of that movie The Guru.

[Lebowsky]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ssaeFZs7SXE/TDpoRzdjBaI/AAAAAAAAAd8/Gxr5My_-JS8/s1600/muerte_miliciano.jpg

http://thedailymind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/lewis_hine_phot_nyc_empire.jpg

[OhNoTimNoSho]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/forrest-gump-p111.jpg