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love those pics ! :)

especially the canadian riots and the fella kissing his girlfriend. the mood captured is great.

One picture not shown, which I would have thought would have been included would be the one with the little girl who has been burnt with napalm in vietnam. That picture was probably the most iconic of the vietnam war.
 
Great pictures, although I'm suprised the subject of 9/11 wasn't included in the list as there were so many iconic and tragic pictures taken that day.
 
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Great set. Didn't we see most of them in another collection recently? The one that gets me is the Bill Anders shot.
 
I'm not sure what to think when I see these sorts of images. They are very powerful and very emotional, but are they things that I should be looking at? I feel a little uneasy looking at peoples personal moments, the military lady hugging her daughter for example, should that be shown around the world?

I'm not saying they should or shouldn't, just that I don't know where I stand in relation to this sort of image.
 
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I'm not sure what to think when I see these sorts of images. They are very powerful and very emotional, but are they things that I should be looking at? I feel a little uneasy looking at peoples personal moments, the military lady hugging her daughter for example, should that be shown around the world?

I'm not saying they should or shouldn't, just that I don't know where I stand in relation to this sort of image.
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Yes, you should be looking at these. This is what epitomises the part photography plays in history. A tiny slice, a segment of time lasting 1/250th of a second, can preserve an event for ever. It's not just these iconic shots. Pictures of children's' parties or anonymous weddings shot today will be important to someone in some future generation. Before 1826 all we had was opinion and hearsay. Photography can give future historians facts.
 
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I find it interesting that many of the most powerful and significant photographic images are often not technically that good.

They wouldn't stand puch pixel-peeping, or win many camera club competitions, but they lose none of their impact. This is what still photography does better than any other medium.

And yes, as Jon says above, the same applies to our own humble family snaps.
 
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I completely agree with the historical aspects, plus they can serve as a good reminder of the horrors of the world when future generations look back, pictures of the Somme for example. I'm compelled to look but there is a certain unease associated with them, maybe that's the point, it makes me stop and think of the effect.
 
Maybe some one can explain this to me.
All these pictures are held in Picture Libraries, if I submit a picture of recognisable people it would not be accepted without a release form by any picture library.
Its the same with blurry pictures from old "Masters" try sending in one today.
Are there different rules for different people?
 
Amazing photos. For Carlh, who mentioned the Vietnam photo, if you haven't already, you should check out Joe McNally's blog. He was assigned to go and photograph the woman who was the subject of that photo as a child. The blog post was recent, within the last month or so. It is wonderful to see that she survived those horrific burns, although with severe scars, and has lived what seems to be a full life.
 
Very moving set. Makes one sit back and think about how lucky we are. The pain in the 8 year old boys eyes, choked me. As did the cousin at the hearse.
It does us good to look at things like this sometimes. It maybe makes us realise what is going on out there.


Kev.
 
What a great collection.

The one the really struck me was the boy hearing for the first time. Considering all the other moments, I don't even know why that one stands out so much to me.
 
There are some great images there, but as a collection its not very good. There have been some fantastic collections posted on here in the past. I think there was a link to some Getty pdf collection that was fantastic.
 
The Christians guarding the Muslims in Cairo really caught my attention

The face on the little man hearing his first sound is priceless, so heartwarming - as they all were
 
They capture pure emotion and that is what makes then great pictures, not how sharp they are or what camera they were captured on.

And yes, you should be looking at these, don't ever think otherwise.
 
Very emotive pictures.
Two that I call to mind are the World trade centers when people jumped rather than burn :shake:

The other is the absolute opposite,I saw it on you-tube.
A heavily pregnant woman just as the baby kicked and you can clearly see the foot .
Tragic and magic.
 
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Maybe some one can explain this to me.
All these pictures are held in Picture Libraries, if I submit a picture of recognisable people it would not be accepted without a release form by any picture library.
Its the same with blurry pictures from old "Masters" try sending in one today.
Are there different rules for different people?
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These are for editorial use. You will have trouble submitting to commercial picture libraries without the necessary releases. Newspapers would be empty if photographers had to get releases for editorial use.
 
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