40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

**Goothrey** · 05-31-2012, 07:30 PM

Don't think this has been posted(at least it didn't come up upon a search):

40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

**balken** · 05-31-2012, 07:39 PM

Great set of photographs, but like most of these lists, it should be called, "10 or so of the greatest iconic photos from history, and the rest are the best photographs from the last few years that we are aware of."

**Scott34** · 05-31-2012, 07:46 PM

Wow...that picture of the lady soldier crying and holding her child along with the dog laying by its owner that was buried really got me. You show me pics of these kind and it will turn me into a ballbaby every time.

**Bret44** · 05-31-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by balken

Great set of photographs, but like most of these lists, it should be called, "10 or so of the greatest iconic photos from history, and the rest are the best photographs from the last few years that we are aware of."

A list of the most powerful picture without this one? Makes me scratch my head.

**bringmagicback** · 05-31-2012, 07:52 PM

Neat, now im crying in my chair watching family guy.

**Cyhart** · 05-31-2012, 07:59 PM

That picture of the firefighter giving the Koala bear some water during the bushfires was ******* awesome. I hadn't seen that one before.

**Scott34** · 05-31-2012, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Cyhart

That picture of the firefighter giving the Koala bear some water during the bushfires was ******* awesome. I hadn't seen that one before.

Thats another one I really liked!

**dmclone** · 05-31-2012, 08:01 PM

Great pictures but it shouldn't say "ever taken". About 10+ of these from recent years won't be remembered in the next 5 years.

**Mr Janny** · 05-31-2012, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Bret44

A list of the most powerful picture without this one? Makes me scratch my head.

or this one

**balken** · 05-31-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Bret44

A list of the most powerful picture without this one? Makes me scratch my head.

Also this one

**iahawkhunter** · 05-31-2012, 08:11 PM

Another one they missed:

In case you're not familiar, the one on the left was taken for a National Geographic cover in 1984. The one on the right is from 2002 when Nat Geo journalists were able to find the same woman again.

Afghan Girl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Die4Cy** · 05-31-2012, 08:13 PM

I liked these, but many of them are not historic.

**HandSanitizer** · 05-31-2012, 08:22 PM

not this one?

**Stumpy** · 05-31-2012, 08:22 PM

Or Jack Ruby shooting Oswald, or the monk on fire, or the Vietnam napalm photo, or the people falling from the fire escape, or the David Kirby AIDS photo...lots of major ones missing here but still a great set overall.

Hugs4ISU · 05-31-2012, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by balken

Great set of photographs, but like most of these lists, it should be called, "10 or so of the greatest iconic photos from history, and the rest are the best photographs from the last few years that we are aware of."

Exactly. There were a lot of historic pictures that were left out. Such as the flag raising on Iwo Jima, the girl running from the napalm bombing of her home in Vietnam, and so on. I also noticed a complete lack of any pictures prior to WW2. Certainly there were some powerful ones taken during the American Civil War.