Most famous Photograph Ever?

[Charlatan]

Hubble Deep field

Very good add. This is a monumentally important image.


I think some people are being slightly loose with the "Most famous ever" request... well that or I have not been exposed to enough

 

[snigg]

how about the Princess Diana see through dress pic.


(sorry can't see how to post pic:bonk

 

[NeilM]

And this one of course...

Yeah, this was my first thought too, maybe it's because I'm from Birmingham and it was taken at Edgbaston Tennis club.

 

[Dman]

What was he supposed to do? Take her home with him?
You could say the same about Nick Ut's image of the napalmed vietnamese girl above or Don McCullin's shot of the albino Biafran boy.
It was a war - thousands were starving and dying - you can't do a damned thing about it as a photographer other than report it as compassionately as possible in the hope that humanity steps up to prevent it happening again in the future - that it hasn't worked thus far doesn't mean we shouldn't keep trying however.

Carter and McCullin had major difficulties with their respective shots - Carter eventually committed suicide as the pressure over winning a Pulitzer for the image and the surrounding controversy as to whether he had staged it tipped an already unstable man over the edge.
Don McCullin today cites his image as the most harrowing he ever took and the one that continues to haunt him to this day.

The food station was just 1km away from where the image was taken.

 

[cobra_lite]

The food station was just 1km away from where the image was taken.

I read the book too.
Not as simple as that.
Do you help one?
Two?
Ten?
Ten Thousand?
There were aid workers nearby.
His job was to record the event.

 

[Ed Sutton]

Depending on where you're looking from:

 

[desantnik]

This one:

Which lead to this one:

 

[Andysnap]

I'm surprised nobody has thought of this one.

The first ever true photograph by Joseph Neipce from 1825 'A view from the window at Le Gras'

Andy

 

[cobra_lite]

This one:

I've always thought this incorrectly captioned - it's not the Reichstag (as anyone who knows Berlin will tell you) but the ReichsMuseum at the other end of Unter den Linden.
The flag was raised before the building was cleared - a half-company of SS and attached troops were still fighting in the basements and weren't eradicated until two days after the image was taken.

As an ex-PicEd, bad captions are one of my pet hates...

 

[footman]

Always illustrates to me just how bestiality lurks just beneath the surface.

 

[Starastin]

I've always thought this incorrectly captioned - it's not the Reichstag (as anyone who knows Berlin will tell you) but the ReichsMuseum at the other end of Unter den Linden.
The flag was raised before the building was cleared - a half-company of SS and attached troops were still fighting in the basements and weren't eradicated until two days after the image was taken.

As an ex-PicEd, bad captions are one of my pet hates...

try being a red army tog !


There is one tog from USSR whose work has deeply touched me, but I forgot his name. he had the pic of people digging a canal , it was edited to them smiling etc, although you could see deep pain in their eyes in the original and they were all political prisoners.

 

[cobra_lite]

try being a red army tog ! .

It's attributed to Yevgeny Khaldei, Red Army photographer. 1941-1946

Though I have also seen it attributed to others.

This is the building:

 

[Musicman]

Is this the most copied photo ever?

I've done my own version for a mate's CD cover, which involved standing on top of a step ladder on Abbey Road early on a Sunday morning to get the perspective approximately right [they've moved the crossing a little down the road since the 1960s].

this was my cover for Volume 1

[though that was entirely CGI modelling done about ten years ago]

Perhaps you can guess one of his larger musical influences

 

[Starastin]

It's attributed to Yevgeny Khaldei, Red Army photographer. 1941-1946

Though I have also seen it attributed to others.

This is the building:

been in Berlin couple of times. but I wouldn't risk upsetting the upstairs people by saying I won't edit my pic. art people were killed by having their own thoughts in USSR.

 

[Richiex1]

There was a picture of an Afghan woman kneeling in a football stadium about to be shot in the head with an AK47...Quite harrowing!

 

[Mark.A]

This is probably one of the most well known in the UK.

 

[simonw]

I've always thought this incorrectly captioned - it's not the Reichstag (as anyone who knows Berlin will tell you) but the ReichsMuseum at the other end of Unter den Linden.
The flag was raised before the building was cleared - a half-company of SS and attached troops were still fighting in the basements and weren't eradicated until two days after the image was taken.

As an ex-PicEd, bad captions are one of my pet hates...

Another photo that it is claimed was stated as the original event was not recorded at the time.

 

[EdBray]

Easily the most famous landscape I'd say? The Tetons and Snake River, Ansel Adams[/QUOTE]

Personally I think moon over half dome is more well known.

 

[helen_s]

What about this one? Must have been on the bedroom wall of millions of teenage girls!!

 

[Lasagne]

I've done my own version for a mate's CD cover, which involved standing on top of a step ladder on Abbey Road early on a Sunday morning to get the perspective approximately right [they've moved the crossing a little down the road since the 1960s].

this was my cover for Volume 1

[though that was entirely CGI modelling done about ten years ago]

Perhaps you can guess one of his larger musical influences

Brilliant

 

[Garrie]

Larry Burrows work needs a mention

 

[Sonriendo]

That was my first thought

 

[NW_Weddings]

 

[DemiLion]

I'm surprised nobody has thought of this one.

The first ever true photograph by Joseph Neipce from 1825 'A view from the window at Le Gras'

Andy

I'm equally surprised that these two haven't reared their heads yet:

Although the Bikini Atoll photo that James posted was one of my first thoughts.

 

[SarahLee]

This is probably one of the most well known in the UK.

That clown gave me nightmares when I was a kid

What about this one? Must have been on the bedroom wall of millions of teenage girls!!

The girls' equivalent of "tennis girl".
(and yes it was on my bedroom wall too)

 

[Hope]

Definitely these ones for me!!

These three must be up there

This is the one I'd show people if they asked me!

Bliss [~2000]

This is probably one of the most well known in the UK.

 

[EdBray]

I would have thought that this would be one of the most famous images in the UK:

 

[DemiLion]

Image, possibly. Photograph no; because it isn't one.

 

[Musicman]

Image, possibly. Photograph no; because it isn't one.

FWIW, IIRC it's a photograph of a plaster relief sculpture, which in turn was based on a photograph of Elizabeth.

Work that out as you will

e2a: the photographic portrait used by the sculptor of the relief, Arnold Machin, was taken by John Hedgecoe

additional reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machin_series#cite_note-BoaI_SM_44-15

http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/011.htm

 

[Superewza]

Perhaps not that famous but it really should be...

 

[Musicman]

Perhaps not that famous but it really should be...

You may have to explain that one. :shrug:

 

[EdBray]

Image, possibly. Photograph no; because it isn't one.

Which is why I put image.

 

[Superewza]

You may have to explain that one. :shrug:

Look about half way down the orange band, that 'pale blue dot'. All of human history has taken place on that one pixel.

 

[Musicman]

Oh, Carl Sagan's 'pale blue dot'!

I didn't recognise it. I think I've usually seen it turned 90 degrees.

 

[Lance B]

Earth's rise taken from the moon for me. That shot encompasses everything man has done. All the other photos are just snippets of what happens on that blue planet.

 

[lawrie29]

Oh, Carl Sagan's 'pale blue dot'!

I didn't recognise it. I think I've usually seen it turned 90 degrees.

What did he go and take it?

 

[Mark.A]

It was taken from Voyager 1, 3.7 billion miles away. It was taken on Carl Sagan's request not actually by him.

 

[dinners]

Globally - This one must be right up there......

Not only is an iconic photograph - it's a great example of photography recording a moment which few we party to.

 

[lazym]

I've always thought this incorrectly captioned - it's not the Reichstag (as anyone who knows Berlin will tell you) but the ReichsMuseum at the other end of Unter den Linden.
The flag was raised before the building was cleared - a half-company of SS and attached troops were still fighting in the basements and weren't eradicated until two days after the image was taken.

As an ex-PicEd, bad captions are one of my pet hates...

You are mistaken, this was staged on the reichstag roof after Germans finally surrendered. Picture was taken on 2nd of may. I can be wrong but this photographed soldier was a Georgian called Kanntarian or sth like that.
On the other hand You are partly right originally flag was displayed when the building wasnt completely cleared on 30th of april by a party led by Minin.
But then there was nobody to take pictures. Similar story like with the Iwo Jima flag raising by US marines.

But still very powerfull image.

This is the building:

No its not!!

 

[roofowler]

It's great seeing some of these pictures again, it reminds me how much more important the actual content of a photo is rather than exposure, focus and composition. Speaking from an editorial point of view of course...!