Pictures That Changed the World
March 8th 2008 00:22
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
*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
Music Zone
Thought Zone
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.