According to Neatorama Philippe Halsman's most famous 'jump' photograph, Dali-Atomicus, "took 6 hours, 28 jumps, and a roomful of assistants throwing angry cats and buckets of water into the air to get the perfect exposure."
How could anyone not love a photo that features Dali, atomic theory, throwing angry cats and buckets of water?
Ransom Riggs gives the rationale for his picks of 13 Photographs That Changed The World .
I would add the flag being raised at Iwo Jima and certainly something from 9/11, perhaps the cross standing amidst the rubble at Ground Zero.
If you had your own list, which would you add or remove?
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Great link and very thought provoking. The title pictures that changed the world could be applicable to many pictures I have seen. I am sure it would be more of a book than just a few.
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great choices, but why only 13?
one photo that changed my own world:
http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Vanity_Fair_August_1991.JPG
although, not one of "the greats" - reaffirmed to me what my husband had been telling me all along - pregnant women are so beautiful. i was pregnant at about the same time as demi and have a photo of myself in a bikini standing belly to belly with my husband's best friend. it is one of our "priceless" photos - the kids love it. if i can ever figure out the technology of this p.c., i'll send you a copy of it sometime.
Raggedy: Really, I could think of a few more myself.
nanc: I remember thinking at the time that it was TMI from Demi :-)
BTW when I click on your name, why isn't Curtains listed?
i'm hiding from a troll who hates me. and to think, he didn't really even get to know me!
I think I would keep all of those, and perhaps add one from 9-11; probably the firefighters raising the flag.
brooke: that's a good one too. I'm curious as to why they stopped at just 13. No photographs referring to 9/11 were included and I would most definitely qualify that as a world altering event.
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