100 Photographs that Changed the World

[mclaren_Gt]

very interesting
take a look

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm01.html

enjoy

[Mr.T]

Some of them are quite eye opening.
Thanks for the link.

[gis]

some interesting photos in there

[sikx5]

Some vivid images! Only 20 :x

[possessed_beaver]

i was lookginf rot he image of a young african boy, that has a vulture in the background, quite moving but it diden't seem to be listed.

[ARMAN]

Sad pics, but only when you see the way it really is, you can do something about it.

[blinkmeat]

Very nice post, thanks

[ikon2003]

Great pics. Some very haunting ones too...crazy world we live in.

[nejcdolinsek]

Damn... some of those pics are damn powerful......

Awesome find mclaren_Gt!

[Toronto]

Originally Posted by possessed_beaver i was lookginf rot he image of a young african boy, that has a vulture in the background, quite moving but it diden't seem to be listed.

ya life mag got into alot of trouble over that image you are talking about, the boy was just laying there for like 3 hours, b4 his death, and there was like 20 people around him taking pictures and not one person helped him.

[ZfrkS62]

all of those are just amazing. I feel like a retard for never bothering to find out the story behind the gurellia execution picture.

The Tiananmen square picture was just incredible. I'd have thought that the driver of the tank would have crushed him..and yet the thing that went through my head seeing that picture was "aw screw this! I just came over for some fireworks!" Then after reading the story, i can only wonder how much anonymous respect that both those men had for each other as the tank drove around him and away.

[SilviaEvo]

those are really moving like the 3 guys on the beach. to see how they died for their country and not a lot of people might have known they even existed. also the one in China that the guy had enough nerve to stand before a tank and refuse to move. and the Army not running him over.

[ARMAN]

the definition of a journalist -

Originally Posted by Toronto ...the boy was just laying there for like 3 hours, b4 his death, and there was like 20 people around him taking pictures and not one person helped him...

:x

Yea, thanx McLaren_GT, nice post.

[crayzayjay]

You mean this picture?
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Award-winning photograph taken by Kevin Carter



In the picture, the famine-stricken African boy is crawling towards a United Nations food camp which is about a mile away. The vulture behind him is actually waiting for him to die so that it can eat him. No one knows what happened to the boy as the photographer, Kevin Carter, left the scene after taking the picture.

Kevin Carter committed suicide three months later due to depression.

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[crayzayjay]

The following are extracts from an article written by Scott MacLeod entitled "The Life and Death of Kevin Carter":

<<Seeking relief from the sight of masses of people starving to death, he wandered into the open bush. He heard a soft, high-pitched whimpering and saw a tiny girl trying to make her way to the feeding center. As he crouched to photograph her, a vulture landed in view. Careful not to disturb the bird, he positioned himself for the best possible image. He would later say he waited about 20 minutes, hoping the vulture would spread its wings. It did not, and after he took his photographs, he chased the bird away and watched as the little girl resumed her struggle. Afterward he sat under a tree, lit a cigarette, talked to God and cried. "He was depressed afterward," Silva recalls. "He kept saying he wanted to hug his daughter.">>