The most influential photographs of our time that define modern history

6/2/2018

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History Story: The most influential photographs of our time that define modern history

The most incredible pictures are the ones that capture the most incredible human experiences. Take a look at these powerful pictures that show significant events and influential people that have shaped the world we live in.

#1 The first camera photograph ever taken

The picture was taken in 1826 or 1827. Nicéphore Niépce used a camera obscura box, and the whole process took him quite long. The exposure in the camera continued for several days! The inventor's work resulted in an image of his estate and surrounding countryside.

#2 The marine is feeding a kitten during the Korean War, 1952

#3 The construction of the Berlin Wall begins, August 1961

On the 13th of August, 1961, East German Combat Groups of the Working Class closed the border with West Berlin to begin the construction of the wall which would physically and ideologically divide Berlin until 1989.

#4 Victims salvage possessions after tornado in Alabama, 1998

#5 Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government, 1963

#6 "Earthrise" taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, 1968

The picture was later declared the most influential environmental photograph ever taken.

#7 "Harvest of Death", the Gettysburg battlefield, 1863

#8 Two survivors of 9/11 attacks are covered in dust after the collapse of the towers

#9 The Hindenburg disaster, 1937

The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed on the 6th of May, 1937. There were 97 people on board, 62 survived. One worker on the ground was also killed, so there were 36 fatalities in total.

#10 John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. at the White House

#11 Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, is going to shoot Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, November 1963

#12 A stunning recovery of a starving child from Haiti, 2013

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) on Flickr

#13 The first picture taken in North Korea and published on Instagram, 2013

In North Korea, the access to the internet is highly restricted, and the citizens of the country don't use social networks. The first post on Instagram from North Korea was made David Guttenfelder in 2013, when foreign photographers were granted the ability to work in North Korea in use mobile internet.

#14 The life before birth, 1965

This photograph became one of the first pictures taken with the help of an endoscope.

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47 Comments

Steve Berdan

A couple I would add would be the Afghan. Girl with the amazing eyes and the pic of a fetus hand coming through the moms stomach grabbing the doctors finger

Bev Davies

The photo of a young girl running after napalm dropped on her village during Vietnam War is etched in my memory!!

Mary Margaret Swift

The picture of the firefighter carrying the wounded baby after the bombing in Oklahoma City.

Liz Carret

The Marine and the Kitten, "In the middle of the Korean War, this kitten found herself an orphan. Luckily, she found her way into the hands of Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor. He adopted the two-week-old kitten and gave her the name “Miss Hap” because, he explained, “she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time”. There’s a juxtaposition between the soldier and the human. He’s dressed for war but hasn’t lost the ability to care for another living creature." https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/marine-kitten-korean-war-1952/

Mark Ann Dubaz

All great photographs of our time. Some too horrible to want to remember.

David Smith

The Afghan girl with the eyes. The wall in Germany coming down. The Chinese man who stood up to the tanks in Tianamen Square. And most poignant in my mind the Vietnamese girl with her body burnt by napalm. One from the moon too should be included.

Patricia Price

Couldn’t see several of the photos! Not loading! 😒

Arun Visvanathan

1.The girl in Vietnam fleeing after a napalm attack. 2. The lone protester holding up a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.

lmoores

I would add a snippet of the first movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 ever made which was about the Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.

tinagaffney

I would add : The photo of Kent State ( with. the young lady with her arms outstretched) MLK ((Letters To Birmingham Jail with King sitting in a cell ; the shot of his aides pointing in the direction where the assassination shot came from; three African Americans athletes with their hands in the African American Power Symbol (fists raised )@ the 1960 Olympic Games ; Billie Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of The Sexes" at Wimbledon ; President Obama 's Inaugural Speeches ; The Beatles and The Supremes on The Ed Sullivan Show ; Oprah Winfrey on the cover of TIME ; Jesse Owens @ the 1936 Olympic Games ; Simone Biles ( from Sports Illustrated wearing her Gold Medals;) Viola Davis winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for " Fences " ; The photograph of the team recovering Baby Jessica from the well .

jack patti go

They are all very amazing! I love the baby invetro and my favorite is Presideny Kennedy and John John! Precious❤❤❤❤ Ourcworld is full of good and bad! We takevit all in?

jack patti go

I reme,ber some of these, vividly!

Laura Takeda

The young girl with napalm photo Bev mentioned.

jack patti go

My favorite, was President Kennedy, with, Jon Jon! Lots of sad ones! Loved the earth rise one, also!

Bern Delmage

Bev Davies, my exact thought too!

Dante Ludwig

The most compelling photograph of all time is the Earth as seen from the moon!! The second most compelling photograph of all time is the Monk who set himself on fire!!!!

Robert Lehr

Saigon April 1075 Chopper on top of building! photo taken by Dutch Photographer from over 200 meters

Jane Elise Naylor

I would have anticipated seeing the shocking photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the poor little South Vietnamese girl burning in Napalm - horrid photo, but one that truly did shock the World