Pictures. They tell a thousand words, don't they? I love photos, me. Post your most memorable, moving, iconic images here. Try to include some names, places, dates, context for the unfamiliar (though you can go the mystery route if you really must). I'll start. Not the most memorable I can think of, necessarily, but the first three that came to mind: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Ohio, 1970: National Guard Shoots 4 Protestors at Kent State University Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Christine Keeler Warning: Graphic images are presented herein. Do not tread lightly, O Squeamish One.
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Great topic. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Van Cliburn playing Tchaikovsky's 1st and Rachmaninoff's 3rd piano concerti at the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky piano competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War in 1958 (just after the launch of the Sputnik). A Soviet was widely expected to win but the crowd began shouting, in Russian, 'First Prize! First Prize!' when Cliburn played. It has been described as music bringing East and West together as one, if only for a moment, during those mad and uncertain times.
From what I remember, this image was a pure accident. I think one soldier was supposed to be putting the flag up and he was having trouble, so a bunch of them came to help. I think. I remember watching an interview with one of the soldiers a few months ago.
An excellent and moving video of Cliburn playing during this time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqA2E5D0lI&mode=related&search= (Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #12)
This one was uppermost in my mind because I've just watched Flags of our Fathers. The photo is of the 2nd flag-raising. The first one wasn't photographed so this 2nd one was staged. The perception in the US was that the event marked a great victory. In fact, the flag was raised on day 5 of a 35-day battle, in which 3 of the original flag-raisers died. Click the link for the full story.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Tiananmen Square, taken June 5th 1989 by Jeff Widener.
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Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Thich Quang Duc, 1963. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Fall of the Berlin Wall, 9th-12th November, 1989.
I can't believe none of you have got any iconic images for me? Do words never fail you? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Vietnam, 1968: The My Lai Massacre Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! 1945 Potsdam Conference: Churchill, Truman and Stalin Carve up the Continent Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Hindenberg's Final Moments
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Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Picture of starving Sudanese child stalked by a vulture. Picture was made in 1994 by Kevin Carter, who commited suicide soon after he won Pulitzer for it.
