Most Influential Photographs of All Time
Fifty of the most iconic and historically significant photographs ever taken.
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Migrant Mother - Dorothea Lange (1936)—
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Joe Rosenthal (1945)—
V-J Day in Times Square - Alfred Eisenstaedt (1945)—
Earthrise - William Anders / NASA (1968)—
The Blue Marble - NASA (1972)—
Napalm Girl - Nick Ut (1972)—
Tank Man - Jeff Widener (1989)—
The Falling Man - Richard Drew (2001)—
Afghan Girl - Steve McCurry (1984)—
The Vulture and the Little Girl - Kevin Carter (1993)—
Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Charles Ebbets (1932)—
Dali Atomicus - Philippe Halsman (1948)—
Albert Einstein Sticking Out His Tongue (1951)—
Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico - Alberto Korda (1960)—
Execution of a Viet Cong Guerrilla - Eddie Adams (1968)—
Pillars of Creation - NASA / Hubble (1995)—
First photo ever taken - Nicéphore Niépce (1826–1827)—
Burning Monk - Malcolm Browne (1963)—
Flag Raising at Ground Zero - Thomas E. Franklin (2001)—
The Decisive Moment - Henri Cartier-Bresson (1952)—
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare - Henri Cartier-Bresson (1932)—
Trolley - New Orleans - Robert Frank (1955)—
Nude Descending - Man Ray (1920s)—
Boulevard du Temple - Louis Daguerre (1838)—
Cottingley Fairies - Elsie Wright (1917)—
Winston Churchill portrait - Yousuf Karsh (1941)—
Marilyn Monroe over the subway grate - Sam Shaw (1954)—
The Decisive Moment cover - Henri Cartier-Bresson (1952)—
Child Labour - Lewis Hine (1908)—
Omaha Beach - Robert Capa (1944)—
The Family of Man - Edward Steichen exhibition (1955)—
Moon Landing - Neil Armstrong / NASA (1969)—
Pale Blue Dot - NASA / Voyager 1 (1990)—
Black Power Salute - John Dominis (1968)—
Kent State Massacre - John Filo (1970)—
Biafra Famine - Don McCullin (1969)—
Untitled #96 - Cindy Sherman (1981)—
The Tetons and Snake River - Ansel Adams (1942)—
Moonrise, Hernandez - Ansel Adams (1941)—
Pepper No. 30 - Edward Weston (1930)—
Cabaret - Weegee (Arthur Fellig) (1944)—
Identical Twins - Diane Arbus (1967)—
Boy with a Toy Hand Grenade - Diane Arbus (1962)—
Untitled Film Still #21 - Cindy Sherman (1978)—
Richard Nixon - David Hume Kennerly (1974)—
Malcolm X - Eve Arnold (1961)—
Martin Luther King Jr. - Bob Adelman (1963)—
Nelson Mandela released - Alexander Joe (1990)—
Burst of Joy - Slava Veder (1973)—
The Decisive Kiss - Willy Ronis (1950)—