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Pictures That Changed the World

March 8th 2008 00:22
Pictures which changed the world - Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King at the Climax of his 'I Have a Dream' speech.


Tank Man - Tiananmen Square 1989
An anonymous man who became internationally famous when he was videotaped and photographed during the Tiananmen Square protests on 5 June 1989. 'Tank Man' stood in front of a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks, preventing their advance.



Black and colored drinking water
A black man drinking at segregated water fountains in North Carolina.



Federico Borrell García was a Republican soldier during the Spanish Civil War.Robert Capa's iconic photograph “The Falling Soldier” captures the moment of Borrell’s death.
Federico Borrell García was a Republican soldier during the Spanish Civil War.Robert Capa's iconic photograph 'The Falling Soldier' captures the moment of Borrell’s death.


Afghan Girl - National Geographic. Photos that changed the world
Sharbat Gula known as the Afghan Girl. This photo was taken in 1985 at an Afghan refugee camp by Steve McCurry. It has been named National Geographic’s 'most recognized photograph in the history of the magazine.


Iconic picture from the Vietnam War
A girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire in Saigon during the Vietnam War has been placed in the back of their truck, where her brother finds her.


Disturbed child victim of the holocaust drawing a picture of home
Poland - A child survivor from a concentration camp. She has been placed in a home for disturbed children and has drawn a picture of 'home' on the blackboard.


Sitting on the Berlin Wall, 1989. Images that changed the world
1989, Berlin. A man bridges the gap between East and West before the wall is torn down.


Photos to change the world - Paris student protests in 1968
Paris student protests in 1968.


Photos that changed the world - Mexicans at the US American border.
1979 - Mexican arrested try to cross the border into the USA.





*These images used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.

**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia articles Sharbat Gula, Federico Borrell García, Tank Man and I Have a Dream.

***This image of the Afghan Girl is used here under fair use and came from the Wikipedia page for Sharbat Gula.

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Comment by RubySoho

March 8th 2008 10:45
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant!

That photo of the black man drinking at that water fountain is incredible. Never seen it before. I like (well I don't really like but I [I]note[/I), how the "colored" sink is not only older than the "white" sink, but also attached to the main sink via the plumbing, which is of course under the fancier sink. Like the "colored man", who is unworthy of his independence but is attached to subjugated by the white.

Horrible.

Comment by Anonymous

November 17th 2008 00:35
The photo of the "Afghan Girl" haunts me. You can honestly see right into her soul.

It's a beatiful photo, i will not lie but I cannot look at it without getting tears in my eyes.

Comment by Anonymous

March 19th 2009 21:04
The picture of the boy finding his dead sister in the back of a truck is heartbreaking. The dead body is meant to be the main element of the picture but I can't stop staring at the grief on his face.

Comment by Anonymous

June 4th 2009 03:15
The girl who drew the picture of "home" is unbelieveable. Look at her expression again and try to think what must be going on in her head to draw that.

Comment by Anonymous

September 10th 2009 15:24
'The Falling Soldier' has been exposed as a staged fake.

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