What is your favorite journalistic/historical photograph?

[Crumpets]

Either because you like it, or it's meaningful, or it's powerful or horrifying. I really enjoy going back and looking through the Pulitzer Prize-winning breaking news photos for each year, but it doesn't necessarily have to be a journalistic photo.

[wnwnwn]

My opinion about the winners (one prize era):

1942: Fine photo. El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!
1943: Good too, but maybe it got a bit sentimental.
1944: Homecoming: Cute, but not what this award should cover. Tarawa Island: OK overall.
1945: Top photo but publicity, not news.
1947: Fine photo.
1948: OK? I think if the gun was more vissible it would be way better.
1949: They went TOO sentimental.
1950: Similar to 1948.
1951: Top photo.
1952: Top... collage?/montage?
1953: Who selected this? Sad partisian democrat?
1954: Fine, but I don't want to see that.
1955: Sentimentalism but better done.
1956: Fine, very interesting.
1957: Similar to 1954.
1958: Nothing news, maybe somewhat sentimental, but interesting photo.
1959: Fine, but I do no want to see that.
1960: Fine, even if a bit towards the propaganda area.
1961: Top photo of an horrible madman (the felon, btw).
1962: Is this political nerd sentimentalism or what?
1963: Fine photo.
1964: tHaT pHaCe.
1966: Good one.
1967: Good, but do needs context.

Favorite: 1961
Effective evil over good

[Battista Minola 1616]

Not necessarily a single photograph, but pictures of West Germans and East Germans celebrating and climbing together on the Wall on 9 November 1989 is what I would say.

[Mexican Wolf]

It's a tough choice between Migrant Mother, Tank Man, and The Woman with the Handbag (although I've heard the woman in the photo didn't like it).

[President Johnson]

Most photos showing Lyndon Johnson signing legislation.

[HillGoose]

Most important? Either Earthrise or the Warsaw Ghetto boy.


My favorite personally? The V-J day one in New York, the sailor and nurse, I forget what it's called.

[vitoNova]

Probably the Djamila Bouhired one.  

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Always and forever.