List of photographs considered the most important

This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the history of photography.

19th century

Before 1850

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) 1826 Nicéphore Niépce Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France Considered the oldest surviving camera photograph.[1] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4]
Windows From Inside South Gallery[a] August 1835 William Henry Fox Talbot Lacock, England, United Kingdom The earliest surviving photographic negative and the earliest surviving paper photograph.[3][4] [s 1][s 2]
A Still Life 1837 Louis Daguerre [s 2]
Boulevard du Temple 1838 Louis Daguerre Paris, France The earliest surviving photograph depicting people: a person working as a shoeshiner and an individual having his shoes shined.[5] [s 1][s 3]
Self‐Portrait as a Drowned Man[b] 18 October 1840 Hippolyte Bayard Paris, France[6] Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process.[7][8] [s 1]
The Haystack 1844[c] William Henry Fox Talbot Lacock, England, United Kingdom[11] A photograph that appeared in The Pencil of Nature, the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published.[12] [s 1]

1850s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
The Mime Charles Deburau as Pierrot 1854 Nadar Paris, France The photograph is part of a series taken during the 1850s.[d] [s 1]
Valley of the Shadow of Death 23 April 1855 Roger Fenton Sevastopol, Crimea Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph.[13][14] [s 3]
Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall[15] Unknown[e] [s 1]
The Brig[f] 1856 Gustave Le Gray Normandy, France [s 1]
Portrait of Nariakira Shimazu 17 September 1857 Shiro Ichiki Satsuma Domain, Japan Oldest daguerreotype by a Japanese author;[20] first photo designated an Important Cultural Property by the government of Japan in 1999.[21] [s 1]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern[g] November 1857 Robert Howlett London, England Landmark environmental portraiture and iconography of the Industrial Revolution and 19th century. [s 1]
Two Ways of Life 1857 Oscar Gustave Rejlander Wolverhampton, England[22] [s 1]
La Vallée de l'Huisne (River Scene) 1857 Camille Silvy Nogent-le-Rotrou, France [s 1]
Fading Away 1858 Henry Peach Robinson Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom[23] [s 1]

1860s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Abraham Lincoln 27 February 1860 Mathew Brady New York City, United States Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president.[24] [s 2][s 3][s 5]
Cathedral Rock 1861 Carleton Watkins Yosemite National Park, California, United States [s 3]
The Dead of Antietam[h] 1862 Alexander Gardner Antietam, Maryland, United States Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3][s 4]
The Scourged Back c. 2 April 1863 McPherson & Oliver Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 4]
Cartes de Visite May - August 1863 Andre Adolphe Disderi [s 2]
Sarah Bernhardt 1864 Nadar [s 2]
Wanted Poster 20 April 1865 Unknown United States [s 2]
Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal 7 July 1865 Alexander Gardner Washington, D.C., United States [s 1]
Portrait of Sir John Herschel 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom Herschel would later be the godfather to Cameron's firstborn.[25] [s 1]
Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die! 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron [s 2]
Glasgow 1868 Thomas Annan Glasgow, Scottland, United Kingdom [s 2]
Beckoning West 10 May 1869 Andrew J. Russell Promontory, Utah, United States The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Central Pacific Railroad (left), meets Union Pacific Railroad (right) and exchange bottles of water from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. [s 2][s 4]

1870s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Great Falls of the Yellowstone River 1871 William Henry Jackson Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States [s 4]
Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelly 1873 Timothy O'Sullivan Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, United States [s 1]
Steinway Hall 1873 Unknown New York, United States Steinway Hall on East 14th Street, between University Place and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The first halftone print of a photo used in a periodical in the United States. [s 2]
The Horse in Motion June 1878 Eadweard Muybridge Palo Alto, California, United States Series of cabinet cards regarded as a precursor to motion pictures. Pictured left is the variant Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, which further captured a horse's motion. [s 2][s 3][s 4]

1880s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
New York City 1880 Jacob Riis New York, United States [s 2]
Water Rats 1886 Frank Meadow Sutcliffe Whitby, England, United Kingdom [s 1]
Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street 1888 Jacob Riis Mulberry Bend, New York City, United States Part of How the Other Half Lives, an early photojournalist publication pursuing better conditions for the lower class of New York City. The photo and publication's impact was such that they contributed to the crimeridden Bend's replacement with Columbus Park.[26][27] [s 3]

1890s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen 1895 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany The first X-ray, taken by its inventor, featured his wife's hand and ring. [s 2][s 3][s 4]
Organ Player and Singing Girl 1898 Eugène Atget Paris, France [s 2]
Portrait of Emil Racoviță 1899 Louis Boutan Banyuls-sur-Mer, France First underwater portrait, and the first taken by a camera designed for underwater photography.[28] [s 4]

20th century

1900s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
A Sea of Steps 1903 Frederick H. Evans Wells Cathedral, England, United Kingdom One of Evans's finest works in architectural photography. [s 1]
First Flight 17 December 1903 John T. Daniels Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, United States Captured flight of the first airplane, the Wright Flyer, flown by inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright. [s 2][s 4]
The Vanishing Race–Navaho 1904 Edward S. Curtis Arizona, United States[29] Taken during the cultural assimilation of Native Americans while also popularizing the Vanishing Indian stereotype. [s 1][s 3]
The Flatiorn Evening 1904 Edward Steichen New York, United States [s 2]
The Pond—Moonlight 1904 Edward Steichen Mamaroneck, New York, United States Pictorialist hand-colored photograph; only three versions exist. In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold.[30][31] [s 3]
An Oasis in the Badlands 1905 Edward S. Curtis South Dakota, United States [s 2]
Bichonnade in Flight 1905 Jacques Henri Lartigue [s 2]
The Steerage 1907 Alfred Stieglitz Aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, possibly anchored at Plymouth, England, United Kingdom[32] Landmark modernist photo depicting immigrants on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II.[33] [s 1][s 3]
Child Laborer in Newberry, South Carolina Cotton Mill[i] 1908 Lewis Hine Newberry, South Carolina, United States Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. [s 3]
Cactus Hot Air Balloon 1909 Lumière Brothers Paris, France [s 2][s 4]

1910s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Breaker Boys 1911 Lewis Hine Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. [s 2][s 4]
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 25 March 1911 Brown Brothers New York City, United States [s 2][s 4]
Girl with a Mirror 1912[35] Clarence H. White New York City, United States [s 1]
Storyville Portrait 1912 E.J. Bellocq New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 1]
Une Delage au Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France de 1912 1912 Jacques-Henri Lartigue Dieppe, France This photo depicts René Croquet [fr], with his riding mechanic.[j][36][37][38][39] [s 1]
Gurtrude Vanderbilt Whitney 1913 Baron Adolphe de Meyer [s 2]
Abstraction, Porch Shadows[k] 1916[l] Paul Strand Salisbury, Connecticut, United States [s 1]
Blind Woman, New York 1916 Paul Strand New York City, United States [s 3]

1920s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Armco Steel 1922 Edward Weston Middletown, Ohio, United States [s 1]
Le Violon d'Ingres 1924 Man Ray Paris, France The photograph depicts Alice Prin, known as Kiki de Montparnasse, from the back and nude to below her waist. Two f-holes are painted on her back to make her body resemble a violin. [s 1]
Movement Study 1926 Rudolf Koppitz Vienna, Austria [s 1]
Kiki with African Mask 1926 Man Ray Paris, France [s 2]
Bricklayer 1928 August Sander Cologne, Germany [s 3]
Pastrycook
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 The Pastry Cook 1928 August Sander Cologne, Germany [s 1]
Woman of Tehuantapec 1929 Tina Modotti Tehuantepec, Mexico [s 1]

1930s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Pepper No. 30 2 August 1930 Edward Weston Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States With carefully crafted tones of light, this photo of a pepper emphasizes third-dimensional depth while defying conventional interpretations of form. [s 4]
See article Larmes 1930 Man Ray Paris, France The photograph is an extreme close-up of a woman's upturned face with glass droplets placed on her cheeks to imitate tears. [s 1][s 4]
The Hague 3 January 1930 Erich Salomon The Hague, the Netherlands [s 3]
Al Capone Mug Shot 8 May 1930 Miami Police Department[40] Miami, United States [s 4]
See article Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare 1932 Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris, France [s 1][s 2][s 3]
Bruxelles, Belgique
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 Brussels 1932 Henri Cartier-Bresson Brussels, Belgium [s 1]
Couple, Harlem
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 Couple in Raccoon Coats 1932 James Van Der Zee New York City, United States [s 3]
Io + gatto
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 Io + gatto (I + Cat) 1932 Wanda Wulz Trieste, Italy [s 1]
Lunch atop a Skyscraper 20 September 1932 Photographer cannot be attributed with certainty – see article New York City, United States [s 3]
Girl with a Leica
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 Girl with a Leica 1934 Alexander Rodchenko Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia [s 1]
Adolf Hitler ascending stairs during rally, Buckeberg, 1934
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 Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally 1934 Heinrich Hoffmann Bückeburg, Germany [s 2][s 3]
Surgeon's Photograph
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 Surgeon's photograph 1934 Ian Wetherell Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom [s 2][s 3]
THE LADY MILBANKE AS PENTHESILEA, QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS
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 Lady Milbanke as 'Queen of the Amazons' 1935 Yevonde Middleton London, England [s 1]
First Wirephoto 1935 Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States [s 2]
Migrant Mother 6 March 1936 Dorothea Lange Nipomo, California, United States The photograph depicts Florence Owens Thompson, a destitute mother during the Great Depression.[41] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5][s 6]
Fort Peck Dam, Montana
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 Fort Peck Dam 1936 Margaret Bourke-White Fort Peck, Montana, United States [s 3][s 4]
See article The Falling Soldier 1936 Robert Capa Espejo, Spain The photograph depicts the death of Republican soldier Federico Borrell García in the Spanish Civil War.[42] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]
Goldfish Bowl, Santorini, Greece
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 Goldfish Bowl 1937 Herbert List Santorini, Greece [s 1]
The Louisville Flood
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 The Louisville Flood 1937 Margaret Bourke-White Louisville, Kentucky, United States [s 4]
Dancing the Lambeth Walk
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 The Lambeth Walk 1937 Bill Brandt London, United Kingdom [s 1]
The Hindenburg Disaster 6 May 1937 Sam Shere Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States The photograph depicts the Hindenburg Zeppelin on fire at the mooring mast of Lakehurst.[43] [s 3][s 6]
Bloody Saturday 28 August 1937 H. S. Wong Shanghai, China The photograph depicts a baby in bombed-out ruins in Shanghai.[44] [s 2][s 3]
See article Juvisy, France 1938 Henri Cartier‐Bresson Juvisy-sur-Orge, France [s 1]
Mainbocher Corset
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 Mainbocher Corset 1939 Horst P. Horst Paris, France [s 1]
A DC-4 FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY
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 Aerial View of Manhattan 1939 Margaret Bourke-White New York City, United States [s 4]
"Fiesta" turns into tragedy, body of dead man, lies on street, Mulberry St., Little Italy
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 Mulberry Street 1939 Weegee New York City, United States [s 4]

1940s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1 November 1941 Ansel Adams Hernandez, New Mexico, United States [s 1]
The Roaring Lion 30 December 1941 Yousuf Karsh Ottawa, Canada [s 3][s 6]
Grief
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 Grief 1942 Dmitri Baltermants Kerch, Ukraine [s 3]
The Tetons and the Snake River 1942 Ansel Adams Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States [s 4]
American Gothic August 1942 Gordon Parks Washington, D.C., United States [s 1][s 3][s 4]
Betty Grable 1943 Frank Powolny Los Angeles, California, United States [s 2][s 3][s 4]
The Critic
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 The Critic 1943 Weegee New York City, United States [s 1][s 3]
Bodies of three dead American soldiers lying in the sand on shoreline near half sunken landing craft on Buna Beach
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 Three American Soldiers Ambushed on Buna Beach 1943 George Strock Buna, Papua New Guinea [s 1][s 2][s 4]
Warsaw Ghetto boy 1943 Unknown Warsaw, Poland Originally titled Mit Gewalt aus Bunkern hervorgeholt ("Forcibly pulled out of bunkers") [s 3]
Into the Jaws of Death 6 June 1944 Robert F. Sargent Omaha Beach, France [s 3][s 4]
"MAGNIFICENT 11": ROBERT CAPA
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 The Magnificent Eleven (collection of 11 photographs) 6 June 1944 Robert Capa Normandy, France [s 2][s 3][s 4]
Residents wander cleared streets bisecting the ruins of buildings reduced to piles of rubble by the atomic bomb, dropped a few months earlier
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 Atomic Destruction 1945 Bernard Hoffman Hiroshima, Japan The photograph was in the first collection depicting the aftermath of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. [s 4]
Tide Pool, Point Lobos
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 Tide Pool, Point Lobos 1945[45] Edward Weston Point Lobos, California, United States [s 1]
General Douglas MacArthur lands in the Philippines at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon, January 9, 1945
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 Return to the Philippines 9 January 1945 Carl Mydans Lingayen Gulf, Philippines [s 2][s 4]
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima 23 February 1945 Joe Rosenthal Iwo Jima, Japan The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[46] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]
Inside Buchenwald 16 April 1945 Unknown Ettersberg, Germany [s 4]
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag 2 May 1945 Yevgeny Khaldei Berlin, Germany The photograph depicts the raising of the Soviet flag during Battle of Berlin.[47] [s 3]
Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki 9 August 1945 Charles Levy Nagasaki, Japan [s 2][s 3][s 5]
picture of the same event taken by Victor Jorgensen V-J Day in Times Square 14 August 1945 Alfred Eisenstaedt (pictured: same event taken by Victor Jorgensen) New York City, United States The photograph depicts a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger on Victory over Japan Day.[48] [s 3][s 4][s 6]
Mahatma Gandhi Spinning
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 Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel 1946 Margaret Bourke-White India The photograph depicts Mahatma Gandhi reading beside his spinning wheel.[49] [s 3][s 4]
THE GREAT ISAIAH SCROLL
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 The Dead Sea Scrolls 1947 Amit Shabi Israel The photograph depicts the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Biblical manuscripts.[50] [s 2][s 4]
Cumulus clouds billow above a stretch of Route 66 in Arizona
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 Route 66 1947 Andreas Feininger Route 66 in Arizona, United States [s 4]
Barn Owl flying into a Suffolk Barn, taken using a high speed flash system with a flash duration of 1/10,000th.
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 Barn Owl with Vole 1947 Eric Hosking Suffolk, England, United Kingdom [s 1]
Babe Ruth Bows Out 13 June 1948 Nat Fein New York City, United States [s 3]
Dalí Atomicus 1948 Philippe Halsman New York City, United States [s 1][s 3][s 4]
Country Doctor
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 Country Doctor 1948 W. Eugene Smith Kremmling, Colorado, United States [s 3][s 4]
GWYNED FILLING
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 Career Girl 1948 Leonard McCombe New York City, United States [s 4]
Le nu provençal
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 Provençal Nude 1949 Willy Ronis Gordes, France [s 1]
Sisters at St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Penn., watched a program on a new local TV station
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 Nuns Watching Television 1949 Ralph Morse Erie, Pennsylvania, United States [s 4]
Portrait of Texas Cowboy Clarence Hailey Long, 1949
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 Clarence Hailey Long 1949 Leonard McCombe Texas, United States [s 2][s 4]

1950s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Les Amants de l'Hôtel de Ville
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 The Kiss at the Hôtel de Ville (French: Les Amants de l'Hôtel de Ville) 1950 Robert Doisneau Paris, France [s 1]
Albert Einstein 1951 Arthur Sasse New York City, United States [s 6]
Photo 51 May 1952 Raymond Gosling and Rosalind Franklin London, England The photograph depicts an X-ray diffraction image providing key to DNA structure.[51] [s 2][s 4][s 5]
Los Angeles Development Boom
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 Moving to the Suburbs 1952 J.R. Eyerman Lakewood, California, United States [s 4]
Announcement of the Death of Stalin, Dynamo Factory, Moscow, March 6, 1953
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 The Announcement of Stalin's Death 6 March 1953 Dmitri Baltermants Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia [s 1]
Jacqueline Bouvier sitting with her fiance John F. Kennedy on deck of sailboat, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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 Camelot 1953 Hy Peskin Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States [s 3][s 4]
ED HILLARY AND TENZING NORGAY ON SOUTH EAST RIDGE, APPROACHING THE FINAL CAMP AT 8500M
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 Atop Mount Everest 1953 Alfred Gregory Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal [s 3][s 4]
Monroe 9 September 1954 Matty Zimmerman New York City, United States The photograph depicts Marilyn Monroe while her white dress blows upwards during a shot for a scene in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. [s 6]
Emmett Till's mother at his funeral. 1955 David Jackson Chicago, Illinois, United States[52] [s 3][s 5]
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris
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 Dovima with Elephants 1955 Richard Avedon Paris, France [s 3][s 4]
Trolley—New Orleans
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 Trolley – New Orleans 1955 Robert Frank New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 3]
Hot Shot east Bound, Iaeger Drive In, Iaeger, West Virginia
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 Hot Shot Eastbound at Iaeger Drive‐In 1956 O. Winston Link Iaeger, West Virginia, United States [s 1]
Elvis on stage
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 The New King 1956 Charles Trainor Miami, Florida, United States [s 4]
Milk Drop Coronet 1957 Harold E. Edgerton Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Two drops of milk imaged by fast-film stroboscopic photography [s 2][s 3][s 4]
First Digital Photo 1957 Russell Kirsch Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States [s 2][s 4]
Elizabeth Eckford 1957 Will Counts Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Eckford as one of the Little Rock Nine who faced opposition while attending a formerly segregated high school. [s 2][s 4][s 7]
Aspens, Northern New Mexico
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 Aspens, Northern New Mexico 1958 Ansel Adams New Mexico, United States [s 1]

1960s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Guerrillero Heroico 5 March 1960 Alberto Korda Havana, Cuba The photograph depicts Che Guevara at a funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. The portrait is commonly displayed as a symbol of student protest and revolutionary movements, and has appeared on clothing and other merchandise.[53][54][55] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]
Julius Shulman - Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, California
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 Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles 1960 Julius Shulman Los Angeles, California, United States [s 3][s 4]
Flavio 1961 Gordon Parks [s 2]
Leap into Freedom 15 August 1961 Peter Leibing Berlin, Germany The photograph depicts Hans Conrad Schumann, an East German soldier running away over barbed-wire in Berlin.[56] [s 3]
Firefighters aiming high-pressure water hoses at civil rights demonstrators, Birmingham, Alabama
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 Birmingham, Alabama 3 May 1963 Charles Moore Birmingham, Alabama, United States Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade. [s 2][s 3][s 4]
Nuit de Noël
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 Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) 1963 Malick Sidibè Bamako, Mali [s 3]
The Burning Monk 11 June 1963 Malcolm Browne Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The photograph depicts the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức protesting the persecution of Buddhists under the government of Ngo Dinh Diem by committing self-immolation. [s 3][s 4][s 7]
TOPSHOT-US-CIVIL RIGHTS-MARTIN LUTHER KING-MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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 I Have a Dream 28 August 1963 Agence France-Presse Washington, D.C., United States The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century.[57] [s 4]
Abraham Zapruder film
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 Zapruder film 22 November 1963 Abraham Zapruder Dallas, Texas, United States The film depicts the most complete view of the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy.[58] [s 2][s 3][s 4]
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald 24 November 1963 Robert H. Jackson Dallas, Texas, United States The photograph depicts the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby while Oswald was being escorted by police two days after he had assassinated US president John F. Kennedy.[59] [s 4][s 6]
Beatles' Pillow Fight, George V Hotel, Paris
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 Pillow Fight 1964 Harry Benson Paris, France [s 3][s 4]
A young chimp named Flint reaches for ethologist Jane Goodall. Flint was the first infant born in Gombe after Jane's arrival.
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 Jane Goodall Greets Baby Chimp 1965 Hugo van Lawick Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania [s 7]
Living 18-week-old fetus shown inside its amniotic sac — placenta is seen at right
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 New View of Life, Fetus 18 Weeks 1965 Lennart Nilsson Stockholm, Sweden[60] [s 2][s 3][s 4]
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston
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 Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston 1965 Neil Leifer Lewiston, Maine, United States [s 3][s 4][s 7]
Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze 1966 Hou Bo Wuhan, Hubei, China[61] [s 1][s 2][s 3]
Reaching Out, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri, October 5, 1966, printed 1987
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 Reaching Out 5 October 1966 Larry Burrows Mutter's Ridge, Vietnam [s 2][s 4]
Twiggy In Pink
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 The Mini Moment 3 December 1966 Popperfoto [where?] [s 4]
Jimi Hendrix, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
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 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 18 June 1967 Jim Marshall Monterey, California, United States [s 4]
Twiggy 1967 Dalmas/Sipa [s 2]
See article Flower Power 21 October 1967 Bernie Boston Washington, D.C., United States [s 2][s 4]
Saigon Execution 1 February 1968 Eddie Adams Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 5][s 7]
Massacre of Villagers in My Lai 16 March 1968 Ronald L. Haeberle Sơn Mỹ, Vietnam [s 1]
Body of Martin Luther King Jr., Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
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 Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 April 1968 Joseph Louw Memphis, Tennessee, United States [s 4][s 7]
See article Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 5 June 1968 Bill Eppridge Los Angeles, California, United States [s 4][s 7]
Warsaw Pact troops invasion. Prague, Czechoslovakia. August, 1968
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 Invasion of Prague August 1968 Josef Koudelka Prague, Czechia [s 3]
Black Power Salute 1968
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 Black Power Salute, Mexico City Olympics 16 October 1968 John Dominis Mexico City, Mexico [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 7]
Earthrise 24 December 1968 William Anders The Moon The photograph depicts the Earth and Moon's surface from Apollo 8.[62] [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5]
Biafra
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 Albino Boy, Biafra 1969 Don McCullin Biafra [s 2][s 3]
Woodstock Festival #1
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 Woodstock August 1969 Bill Eppridge Bethel, New York, United States [s 4]
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong Sea of Tranquility, the Moon [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4]
Apollo 11 Bootprint 21 July 1969 Buzz Aldrin Sea of Tranquility, the Moon [s 1][s 3][s 4]
See article Altamont 6 December 1969 Unknown Altamont Speedway, California, United States [s 2][s 4]

1970s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
See article (cropped) Kent State Shootings 4 May 1970 John Paul Filo Kent, Ohio, United States [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5][s 6]
Elvis Meets Nixon 21 December 1970 Oliver F. Atkins Washington, D.C., United States [s 4]
Jackie Onassis, New York
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 Windblown Jackie 1971 Ron Galella New York City, United States [s 3][s 4]
Nixon in China 26 February 1972 Oliver F. Atkins Beijing, China [s 4]
Napalm attack[m] 8 June 1972 Nick Ut Trảng Bàng, Vietnam The photograph depicts a crowd of Vietnamese people running from napalm, among them a girl (later identified as Phan Thi Kim Phuc) who survived by tearing off her burning clothes.[63] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 5][s 6][s 7]
Germany Israel Olympics Attack
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 Munich Massacre 5 September 1972 Kurt Strumpf Munich, Germany [s 2][s 3][s 4]
The Blue Marble 7 December 1972 Ronald Evans or Harrison Schmitt Space [64]
Bullet through Candle Flame
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 Bullet Passing through a Candle Flame 1973 Doc Edgerton United States [s 1]
1974 Photo Contest, World Press Photo of the Year
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 Allende's Last Stand 1973 Orlando Lagos Chile [s 3]
Water Towers (Wassertürme)
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 Water‐Towers 1974–2009 Bernd and Hilla Becher Various locations across Europe and the United States[65] [s 1]
9th AUGUST 1974 Washington D. C. USA. President Richard Nixon of the United States gives the V-sign with both hands before boarding the Presidential helicopter to leave the White House for the last time after his resignation speech following the Watergate
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 Nixon Resignation 9 August 1974 Rolls Press Washington, D.C., United States [s 7]
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari
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 Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil into the Hand of Traditional Gurindji Landowner Vincent Lingiari 1975 Mervyn Bishop Daguragu, Northern Territory, Australia [s 1]
See article Fire Escape Collapse 22 July 1975 Stanley Forman Boston, Massachusetts, United States [s 3]
The death of Hector Pieterson
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 Soweto Uprising 16 June 1976 Sam Nzima Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa [s 2][s 3]
The Red Planet 21 July 1976 Viking 1 Chrysa Planitia, Mars[66] [s 2][s 4]
Boat of No Smiles 1977 Eddie Adams Gulf of Siam [s 3]
Untitled Film Stills
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 Untitled Film Stills 1977–1980 Cindy Sherman New York City, United States[67] [s 3][s 5]
Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter
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 Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter 1979 Robert Mapplethorpe New York City, United States[68] [s 3]
See article Molotov Man 16 July 1979[69] Susan Meiselas Estelí, Nicaragua[70] [s 3]
Firing Squad in Iran 27 August 1979 Jahangir Razmi Kurdistan province, Iran[71] [s 3]

1980s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
Yoko Ono; John Lennon
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 John Lennon and Yoko Ono 1980 Annie Leibowitz New York City, United States [s 1]
Usa Hockey, 1980 Winter Olympics Sports Illustrated Cover
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 Miracle on Ice 1980 Heinz Kluetmeier Lake Placid, New York, United States [s 2][s 7]
Self-Portrait with Wife and Models, 'Vogue' Studios, Paris, 1980
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 Self‐Portrait with Wife and Model 1981 Helmut Newton Paris, France [s 1]
Princess of Wales with her Bridesmaids
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 Diana with Bridesmaids in Buckingham Palace 1981 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield London, England [s 4]
The Shroud of Turin 1982 Vernon Miller [s 2]
Bengt hits Elisabeth for being a disobedient wife and hiding drugs, which she did hoping to save their marriage, Saddle River, New Jersey
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 Behind Closed Doors 1982 Donna Ferrato Saddle River, New Jersey, United States [s 3]
Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women)
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 Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) 1982 Nancy Burson Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[citation needed] [s 3]
Michael Jordan
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 Michael Jordan 1984 Co Rentmeester Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States [s 3]
Hole in the Ozone 3 October 1985 NASA Greenbelt, Maryland, United States [s 2][s 4]
Ken Meeks, Patient with AIDS, Being Cared for by a Friend, San Francisco, California
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 Ken Meeks, Patient with AIDS, Being Cared for by a Friend, San Francisco, California 1986 Alon Reininger San Francisco, California, United States [s 7]
See article Immersion (Piss Christ) 1987 Andres Serrano United States [s 1][s 3]
1988 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 2nd prize
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 The First Heart Transplant in Poland 1 January 1987 James L. Stanfield Zabrze, Poland [s 7]
Gary Hart & Donna Rice
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 Monkey Business 1987 National Enquirer Bimini, the Bahamas[72] [s 2][s 4]
Willie Horton 1987 [s 2]
Dukakis and the Tank 1988 [s 2]
'The Slam Dunk' Michael Jordan, Chicago, IL 1988
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 Air Jordan 1988 Walter Iooss Chicago, Illinois, United States [s 4]
See article Tank Man 5 June 1989 Jeff Widener Beijing, China The photograph depicts an unidentified protestor confronting column of Chinese military tanks. [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 7]
Untitled (cowboy)
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 Untitled (Cowboy) 1989 Richard Prince United States [s 3]
BerlinWall
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 The Wall Falls 1989 Robert Maass Berlin, Germany [s 4]

1990s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
1991 Photo Contest, General News, 2nd prize
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 The Face of AIDS 1990 Therese Frare Columbus, Ohio, United States [s 2][s 3][s 4]
See article More Demi Moore 1991 Annie Leibovitz Culver City, California, United States[73] [s 3]
1992 Photo Contest, World Press Photo of the Year
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 Operation Desert Storm 27 February 1991 David Turnley Iraq [s 7]
1992 Photo Contest, General News, 1st prize
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 Camels in the Oil Fields 1 March 1991 Steve McCurry Burgan field, Kuwait[74] [s 7]
Famine in Somalia
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 Famine in Somalia 1992 James Nachtwey Baidoa, Somalia[75] [s 3]
See article Dead Troops Talk 1992 Jeff Wall Muqur District, Ghazni, Afghanistan [s 1]
The Photograph
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 Bosnia 2 April 1992 Ron Haviv Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina [s 3]
See article The Vulture and the Little Girl March 1993 Kevin Carter Ayod, Sudan (now South Sudan) [s 3][s 6][s 7]
The 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Spot News Photography
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 Oklahoma City Bombing 19 April 1995 Charles Porter IV Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States [s 2][s 6][s 7]
Pillars of Creation 1995 Hubble Space Telescope / NASA Low Earth orbit The photograph depicts a region of star formation.[76] [s 3][s 4]
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
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 Bill Clinton hugs Monica Lewinsky 1996 Dirck Halstead Washington, D.C., United States [s 4][s 6]
First Cell-Phone Picture 11 June 1997 Philippe Kahn Santa Cruz, California, United States [s 2][s 3]
See article 99 Cent 1999 Andreas Gursky Los Angeles, California, United States [s 3]
Agim Shala
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 Kosovo Refugees 3 May 1999 Carol Guzy Kukës, Albania[77] [s 7]
USA Brandi Chastain, 1999 World Cup
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 World Cup Winners 1999 Robert Beck Pasadena, California, United States [s 2][s 4]

21st century

2000s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
2001 Photo Contest, Spot News, 2nd prize
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 Elian Gonzalez Federal Raid 2000 Alan Diaz Miami, Florida, United States [s 6][s 7]
Surfing Hippos
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 Surfing Hippos 2000 Michael Nichols Loango National Park, Gabon [s 3]
Sept 11 Bush Classroom
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 President George W. Bush Learns of the September 11th Attacks 11 September 2001 Doug Mills Sarasota, Florida, United States[78] [s 7]
The Moment The Towers Fell
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 New Yorkers watch the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center 11 September 2001 Patrick Witty New York City, United States [s 4][s 7]
See article The Falling Man 11 September 2001 Richard Drew New York City, United States [s 3][s 6][s 7]
Father Mychal Judge is carried from the rubble of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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 Father Judge 11 September 2001 Shannon Stapleton New York City, United States [s 7]
See article Raising the Flag at Ground Zero 11 September 2001 Thomas E. Franklin New York City, United States [s 2][s 6][s 7]
The washing of the body at the burial of the eight-month-old Sakura Lisi
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 Sakura Lisi 2004 Marcus Bleasdale Mongbwalu, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo [s 7]
The Hooded Man 2004 Ivan Frederick Abu Ghraib, Iraq The photograph depicts Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, an Abu Ghraib prisoner, being subjected to torture.[79] [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]
Coffin ban
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 Coffin Ban 2004 Tami Silicio Kuwait International Airport, Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait[80] [s 3]
U.S. Troops Mistakenly Kill Iraqi Civilians
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 Iraqi Girl 18 January 2005 Chris Hondros Tal Afar, Iraq [s 3][s 7]
HURRICANE KATRINA REFUGEES
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 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation 3 September 2005 Eric Gay New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 7]
A man clings to the top of a vehicle before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard from the flooded streets of New Orleans
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 Hurricane Katrina 4 September 2005 Robert Galbraith New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 7]
Residents are rescued by helicopter from
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 Hurricane Katrina 2005 David Phillip New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 4]
Final Salute
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 Jim Comes Home 2005 Todd Heisler Aurora, Colorado, United States[81] [s 7]
Oded Balilty of Associated Press
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 The Power of One 1 February 2006 Oded Bality Amona, West Bank [s 7]
2008 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 1st prize
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 Gorilla in the Congo 2007 Brent Stirton Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo[82] [s 3]
Award of Excellence
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 Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery 27 May 2007 John Moore Arlington, Virginia, United States [s 7]
Troops Return
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 Homecoming 2007 Louie Favorite Atlanta, Georgia, United States [s 7]
Swimming, 2008 Summer Olympics
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 Photo Finish 16 August 2008 Heinz Kluetmeier Beijing, China [s 4]
Newsom Political Future
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 Married at Last 2008 Marcio Sanchez San Francisco, California, United States [s 4]
Barack Obama Holds Election Night Gathering In Chicago's Grant Park
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 The New First Family 2008 Win McNamee Chicago, Illinois, United States [s 4]
June 26, 09. At New Journey Ministries Church, in Hawthorne, Edward J. Cobbin (center) is comforted
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 Funeral of Edwin Cobbin 2009 Barbara Davidson Hawthorne, California, United States [s 7]
See article Diego Frazão Torquato 2009 Marcos Tristao Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [s 7]
Hair Like Mine 2009 Pete Souza Washington, D.C., United States [s 7]
The Death of Neda
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 The Death of Neda 2009 Unknown Tehran, Iran [s 3]

2010s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
test
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 First Instagram Photo[n] 16 July 2010 Kevin Systrom Mexico Kevin Systrom (co-founder of Instagram), the BBC, Time, and Life magazine claim the photograph to be the first shared on Instagram,[83][84] however The Economic Times and The Guardian claim the first photograph posted to the social media to be a picture of San Francisco's South Beach harbor by Mike Krieger, also co-founder.[85][86] Time later claimed the post of the harbor was the first shared.[87] [s 4]
The Situation Room 1 May 2011 Pete Souza Washington, D.C., United States The photograph depicts U.S. president Barack Obama and his national security team in the White House Situation Room receiving live updates from Operation Neptune Spear, which led to the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. [s 3][s 4][s 6]
US – ATTACKS – 911 – ANNIVERSARY
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 9/11 Memorial 11 September 2011 Justin Lane New York City, United States [s 7]
Mideast Fleeing Syria
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 Aida 12 March 2012 Rodrigo Abd Idlib, Syria [s 7]
FASHION-NEWYORK
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 Fashion Week 7 September 2012 Lucas Jackson New York City, United States [s 7]
Shootings as Routine
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 Shootings as Routine 14 December 2012 Jessica Hill Newtown, Connecticut, United States The photograph shows Carlee Soto using a phone to ask about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, after gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on the school, killing 26. [s 7]
Connecticut State Police lead students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School to safety after a mass shooting on Dec. 14, 2012
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 Sandy Hook 14 December 2012 Shannon Hicks Newtown, Connecticut, United States [s 4][s 6]
CHINA-SOCIAL-SUICIDE
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 China Social Suicide 27 February 2013 Agence France-Presse Wuhan, Hubei, China [s 7]
North Korea
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 North Korea 2013 David Guttenfelder Pyongyang, North Korea [s 3]
Explosions At 117th Boston Marathon
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 Boston Marathon Bombing 2013 John Tlumacki Boston, Massachusetts, United States [s 6][s 7]
See article Final Embrace April 2013 Taslima Akhter Savar Upazila, Bangladesh [s 7]
Massacre at Westgate Mall
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 Nairobi Mall Attack 21 September 2013 Tyler Hicks Nairobi, Kenya [s 7]
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars
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 Oscars Selfie 2 March 2014 Bradley Cooper Los Angeles, California, United States The photograph is a selfie taken at the 2014 Oscars. The image shows Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'o, and her brother, Peter Nyong'o. [s 3][s 4]
TURKEY-MINE-BLAST
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 Turkey Mine Blast 13 May 2014 Bülent Kılıç Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey [s 7]
Yarmouk Refugees 2014 UNRWA Damascus, Syria [s 7]
See article Alan Kurdi 2 September 2015 Nilufer Demir Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey [s 3][s 4][s 7]
Turkish coast guard rescues refugees in Turkey's Aydin
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 Turkish Coast Guard Rescue 2016 Emin Menguarslan Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey [s 7]
WALKING ON THIN ICE.
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 Climate Change 2018 Sergio Pitamitz Svalbard, Norway The photograph depicts a polar bear standing on a melting ice sheet. [s 4]

2020s

Image Title Date Photographer Location Notes Cited survey(s)
ABD'de Trump destekçileri polis barikatını aşarak Kongre binasına girdi
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Out of Afghanistan 29 August 2021 Alexander Burnett Kabul, Afghanistan The photograph depicts Chris Donahue, the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan during the 2021 United States withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan, leading to the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. [s 4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Talbot's 1835 photograph has also been referred to as Lacock Oriel Window (Latticed Window)[s 1] or simply Latticed Window.[2]
  2. ^ Also known as Le Noyé (lit. 'The drowned man').
  3. ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates their copy of Talbot's Haystack as "probably 1841".[9] The National Gallery of Canada dates it to April 1844.[10]
  4. ^ View full collection of photographs at Wikimedia Commons.
  5. ^ If the photographer is Mayall, then the location would be London, England as he was present there at the time.[16]
  6. ^ Gustave Le Grey's The Brig is also referred to as Brig on the Water[17][18] and The Brig in Moonlight.[19]
  7. ^ Robert Howlett's image is referred to as Isambard Kingdom Brunel before the Launch of the Leviathan in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph.
  8. ^ Alexander Gardener's 1862 The Dead of Antietam is also referred to as Civil War Battlefield or Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam.
  9. ^ Also titled Cotton Mill Girl. The collection item for the Library of Congress gives a much longer title that includes commentary from the photographer: A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending her "sides" like a veteran, but after I took the photo, the overseer came up and said in an apologetic tone that was pathetic, "She just happened in." Then a moment later he repeated the information. The mills appear to be full of youngsters that "just happened in," or " are helping sister." Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.[34]
  10. ^ Also titled Grand Prix of the Automobile Club de France, 1912 or Automobile Delage, Grand Prix de l'Automobile-Club de France, Le Tréport, 26 juin 1912 Sources including the Oxford University Press, erronously claimed this photograph to be taken in 1912 (as dated by Lartique himself later) when it took place in 1913. The driver, identified as René Croquet, raced as No. 20 in 1912; he was driving a Théophile Schneider in both races, neither in a Delage. There was no No. 6 in the 1912 race.
  11. ^ Also referred to as Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Connecticut and Abstraction, Shadows of a Veranda, Connecticut.
  12. ^ Also dated to 1913 and 1915.
  13. ^ Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut's 1972 Napalm attack is also referred to as The Terror of War, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, or Vietnam children after napalm attack.
  14. ^ Originally captioned "test".

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