30 Photos That Changed the World

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    ed243421 wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Again scb great post... All of those pics say so much about us. Where we were as a nation or a world at the time and what we have learned and what we have become.

    what have we learned?
    what have we become?
    what has changed?

    I think many people who saw these pictures gained empathy, perspective, wonder, scientific insight. But empathy is probably the biggie. Photographs are able to speak to us of the experiences of others in ways that news reports cannot.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    before i looked through i had guessed that tienenman square, the afghan girl, and the flag at iwo jima would be on there.

    great collection though, thanks for posting!!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    scb wrote:

    I think many people who saw these pictures gained empathy, perspective, wonder, scientific insight. But empathy is probably the biggie. Photographs are able to speak to us of the experiences of others in ways that news reports cannot.
    yeah, like the Tienenman Square photo is fucking iconic... another crazy thing is how the guy disappeared. Still he had the courage to stand up like that is amazing.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • Brock Samson
    Brock Samson Posts: 328
    Jason P wrote:
    That is a solid selection of photos. It was interesting to read that the photographer regretted taking the picture of the general executing the Viet Cong man.

    ever seen the video? i saw the flaming lips live a few years back and during one of their songs they had the video of the execution looped on a huge screen at the back of the stage.
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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    Read this article today. Some more info on 19 in the list

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 678478.stm
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    chime wrote:
    Read this article today. Some more info on 19 in the list

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 678478.stm

    thanks for sharing that...
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    I just ran across the really interesting story of this picture and the woman in it. Turns out she was only 32 years old, and the story that has been told about her isn't really accurate.

    http://alteringlife.blogspot.com/2006/12/dorothea-lange-florence-owen-thompson.html

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