40 of the most powerful photos ever taken

JU_88 · 06-02-12, 05:31 PM

Worth a look, some of them are quite moving

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/...phs-ever-taken

u crank · 06-02-12, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

Worth a look, some of them are quite moving

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Yes, some of them are very moving. Thanks for sharing.

Karle94 · 06-02-12, 06:15 PM

Damn, some of them were very powerful. My favourite is John Kennedy junior saluting his fathers coffin.

TLAM Strike · 06-02-12, 07:56 PM

I see a photo from Operation Overlord made it in but why didn't the flag raising on Mount Suribachi make it in?

Also they had the photo of the Earth from Apollo 8 but not Aldrin saluting the flag from Apollo 11.

Platapus · 06-02-12, 08:12 PM

Glad I was alone in my study so no one saw me bawling.

Some of those are incredible pictures.

sharkbit · 06-02-12, 09:20 PM

The one that got me was the picture of the marine presenting the flag to the 8 yo son of Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, killed on his second tour in Iraq.

TarJak · 06-02-12, 09:34 PM

I may be old and cynical, but none of them really moved me much at all. I've seen some much more powerful photographs of events and even sunrises and sunsets that moved me more.

I don't understand how the Vietnamese monks self immolating were excluded or the image of the young Vietnamese girl running down the road with major burns to her body after her village was napalmed were excluded as these were far more powerful than say, the soldier sweating under his beret.

How about images from Belsen or Auschwitz?

Just another dumb list showing another sign that news should really be called views.

06-03-12, 02:11 AM

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I see a photo from Operation Overlord made it in but why didn't the flag raising on Mount Suribachi make it in?

Also they had the photo of the Earth from Apollo 8 but not Aldrin saluting the flag from Apollo 11.

Maybe because people without a flag fixation wouldn't find them powerful photos.
If you take the two pictures with the stars and stripes the power of the photo is in the faces of the people, in the one of the union flags it is in the young lady that conveys the reality in the image.

BossMark · 06-03-12, 03:22 AM

Hmm yes some are rather moving indeed

Schroeder · 06-03-12, 03:58 AM

Thanks for sharing.

JU_88 · 06-03-12, 04:50 AM

@Tarjak and Tribesmen, yes admitadly the selection in biast, there are more powerful photos out there that we know of, Im guessing they wanted to go for powerful without the 'shocking' and 'depressing' so burning monks and children have obviously been excluded.

To be fair to the author though, the title is "40 of the most" not "The top 40 most"

Kongo Otto · 06-03-12, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

I may be old and cynical, but none of them really moved me much at all. I've seen some much more powerful photographs of events and even sunrises and sunsets that moved me more.

I don't understand how the Vietnamese monks self immolating were excluded or the image of the young Vietnamese girl running down the road with major burns to her body after her village was napalmed were excluded as these were far more powerful than say, the soldier sweating under his beret.

How about images from Belsen or Auschwitz?

Just another dumb list showing another sign that news should really be called views.

Spot on!

Takeda Shingen · 06-03-12, 06:28 AM

I found the one with the dog sitting by the grave of his owner particularly moving.

Platapus · 06-03-12, 06:33 AM

In any list of photographs that contain less than 100% of all the photographs ever taken, will naturally have photographs missing that some would like, and include photographs that some don't like.

Whether a list includes your personal favourite photographs does not diminish the value of any list.

I am sure I am not the only one who could quickly think of 50-100 historical photographs that are good and not included on this list.

It would be impossible to create a list of only 40 photographs that everyone would agree on.

u crank · 06-03-12, 07:07 AM

Number 33. Young woman beside hearse made this old boy weep.

06-02-12, 05:31 PM	#1
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	40 of the most powerful photos ever taken Worth a look, some of them are quite moving http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/...phs-ever-taken

06-02-12, 06:15 PM	#3
Karle94 The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norseland Posts: 1,355 Downloads: 253 Uploads: 0	Damn, some of them were very powerful. My favourite is John Kennedy junior saluting his fathers coffin. __________________ Find my mods here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lzgciodldp58p/SH4_Mods My SH4 blog here: http://karle94.blogspot.com/

06-02-12, 07:56 PM	#4
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I see a photo from Operation Overlord made it in but why didn't the flag raising on Mount Suribachi make it in? Also they had the photo of the Earth from Apollo 8 but not Aldrin saluting the flag from Apollo 11. __________________

06-02-12, 08:12 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Glad I was alone in my study so no one saw me bawling. Some of those are incredible pictures. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-02-12, 09:20 PM	#6
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	The one that got me was the picture of the marine presenting the flag to the 8 yo son of Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, killed on his second tour in Iraq. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

06-02-12, 09:34 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I may be old and cynical, but none of them really moved me much at all. I've seen some much more powerful photographs of events and even sunrises and sunsets that moved me more. I don't understand how the Vietnamese monks self immolating were excluded or the image of the young Vietnamese girl running down the road with major burns to her body after her village was napalmed were excluded as these were far more powerful than say, the soldier sweating under his beret. How about images from Belsen or Auschwitz? Just another dumb list showing another sign that news should really be called views.

06-03-12, 03:22 AM	#9
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Hmm yes some are rather moving indeed __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Thanks for sharing. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

06-03-12, 04:50 AM	#11
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	@Tarjak and Tribesmen, yes admitadly the selection in biast, there are more powerful photos out there that we know of, Im guessing they wanted to go for powerful without the 'shocking' and 'depressing' so burning monks and children have obviously been excluded. To be fair to the author though, the title is "40 of the most" not "The top 40 most"

06-03-12, 06:28 AM	#13
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I found the one with the dog sitting by the grave of his owner particularly moving.

06-03-12, 06:33 AM	#14
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In any list of photographs that contain less than 100% of all the photographs ever taken, will naturally have photographs missing that some would like, and include photographs that some don't like. Whether a list includes your personal favourite photographs does not diminish the value of any list. I am sure I am not the only one who could quickly think of 50-100 historical photographs that are good and not included on this list. It would be impossible to create a list of only 40 photographs that everyone would agree on. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-03-12, 07:07 AM	#15
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Number 33. Young woman beside hearse made this old boy weep. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke