20 Famous Photos 20. Houdini and Lincoln Harry Houdini was a Hungarian magician, escapologist, and stunt performer that wasextremely successful in the beginning of the 20th century. Towards the end ofHoudini’s life he turned his energy towards debunking self-proclaimed psychics andmediums. His training in magic allowed him to expose frauds that had successfullyfooled many scientists and academics. 19. Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on ThreeMile Island, which is south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 18. Migrant Mother is the name given to Dorothea Lange's 1936 photograph of FlorenceOwens Thompson and her children. 17. On July 5, 1924, the Washington Senators first baseman Joe Judge hit a fly ball to rightfield. 16. Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. Since the publication of this list another Frédéric Chopin photograph hasbeen released. 15. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began onJanuary 31, 1968.
Early 1900s in Colour All around the world - Franny Wentzel - Thursday, May 6th, 2010 : goo [previous] :: [next] In the early part of the 20th century French-Jewish capitalist Albert Kahn set about to collect a photographic record of the world, the images were held in an 'Archive of the Planet'. Before the 1929 stock market crash he was able to amass a collection of 180,000 metres of b/w film and more than 72,000 autochrome plates, the first industrial process for true colour photography www.albert-kahn.fr/english/ Autochrome was the first industrial process for true colour photography. www.albertkahn.co.uk A few photos from the collection. Portraits Algeria Dahomey - now Benin Bosnia Brasil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada China Croatia Dijbouti Egypt England France Germany Greece Holland India Iran Iraq Ireland Italy King Faisal Lebenon Macedonia Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Norway Palestine Serbia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey United States of America Vietnam This article has been viewed 3311213 times in the last 4 years dglenn: Fantastic!!
Photo Of The Year 2010 The World Press Photo Of The Year Contest is one of the most prestigious annual events for press photographers. These are the winners in 2010. Read the descriptions underneath each image to find out more about the setting and the photographer.Warning: Some images are graphic in displaying the horror that can be human life.UPDATE: Check out our World Press Photo Of The Year 2011 edition. 101. Daniele Tamagni, a freelance photographer based in Italy, has won the 2nd Prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category with the series The Flying Cholitas in Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling). 202. 303. 404. 505. 606. 707. 808. 909. 1010. 1111. 1212. 1313. 1414. 1515. 1616. 1717. 1818. 1919. 2020.
Top 10 Pictures That Shocked The World | Top 10 Lists It has often been said throughout time that a picture is worth a thousand words. Any picture may be worth a thousand words, but only a few rare photos tell more than a thousand words. They tell a powerful story, a story poignant enough to change the world and galvanize each of us. Over and over again… From the iconic images of Omayra Sanchez’s tragic death to the horrifying images of the Bhopal Gas disaster in 1984, the power of photography is still alive and invincible. Here is my top 10 list of photos that shocked the world: Warning: Be prepared for images of violence and death (in one case, the photograph of a dead child) if you scroll down. 10. Carol Guzy, the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography, received her most recent Pulitzer in 2000 for her touching photographs of Kosovo refugees. The above picture portrays Agim Shala, a two-year-old boy, who is passed through a fence made with barbed wire to his family. 9. 8. F. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson Albert Camus, Paris, 1944. Coney Island, New York, 1946. Romania, 1975. Naples, Italy, 1960. A football game, Michigan vs. At the Le Mans Auto Race, France, 1966. Uzbekistan, 1954. Visitors from kolkhozy to the eleventh-century Alaverdi monastery, 1972. Improvised canteen for workers building the Hotel Metropol, 1954. The Arbat, Moscow, 1972. Chelny, Russia, 1973. Boston, 1947. New York, 1935. An African-American student is denied entry to a theater. Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, 1960. Jean-Paul Sartre, Paris, 1946. Dessau, Germany, April, 1945. Nehru Announces Gandhi's Death, Birla House, Delhi, 1948. World's Fair, Brussels, 1958. Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, 1946. New York, 1960. Bankers Trust, New York, 1960. Near Strasbourg, France, 1944. The arrival of a boat carrying refugees from Europe reunites a mother and son who had been separated throughout the war, 1946. Communist students demonstrate against the black market. McCann-Erickson Agency, Madison Avenue, New York, 1959. New York, 1947.
Color Photos of New York from the 1940s A set of rare images captures the city's classic buildings along with its timeless spirit All photos courtesy of the Charles W. Cushman collection at Indiana University In 1905, after years of living in Paris, Atlantic author Alvan Sanborn came home to a New York City that was, he wrote, "a wilderness of sprawling ugliness." But after a month at home, Sanborn's disgust gave way to giddy excitement. Materially, mentally, and morally, New York is growing helter-skelter, very much as the untouched forest grows,--big trees and little trees, straight trees and crooked trees, saplings, bushes, brakes, ferns, flowers, mushrooms, and toadstools in a bewildering tangle,--and it exhales a similar aroma of unjaded life, which cannot fail to thrill every man who has a drop of red blood in him. After a generation of immigration, jazz, and Art Deco, that jumble of buildings sprouted into a true city. A modern New Yorker will see at a glance how the city has changed since Cushman snapped these photos.
25 of the Most Influential News Images of All Time News Photography is all about capturing the decisive moment in an aesthetic way. It is about telling the world a story, through one or more images. Many times, news images come to be remembered as symbolically associated with a certain event, remembered for decades thanks to that special news image. The Great Depression This image of Florence Thompson from the 1930s came to be associated with the great depression, for years to come. Abe Smith and Tom Shipp Abe Smith and Tom Shipp were convicted of robbery and rape in 1930. Jesse Owens Jesse Owens was the most successful athlete in the 1936 Olympics. Moment of Death This image of militiaman Federico Borrell Garcia, captures the precise moment of his death. Hindenburg Airship Hindenburg ignites as it tries to dock into its mooring mast. Fall Of Nazi Collaborators France was liberated in 1944, and women accused of having been collaborated with Nazi personnel, are humiliated in public. Iwo Jima Atom Bomb Skymaster Newspaper Blunder Racism,1957
Old New York in Colour - Lower East Side New York, NY - Franny Wentzel - Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 : goo Browsing articles link - [previous] :: [next] From the Charles W. Cushman collection of colour photographs - This set taken in 1942 New York City Lower East Side Flat bldgs. Clinton St. Residents of lower Clinton St near East river Saturday afternoon Lower East Side Corner Broome St. Stores near corner of Broome St. and Baruch Place, Lower East Side. On New York's lower East Side. Tower of Brooklyn Bridge from South St. Looking up Fulton St. from South St. Above river side drive just north of George. Lower Manhattan Doorway - Lower East Side. Old lady reads Sunday paper. Poverty, young and old, black and white. Crowd gathers during Salvage collection in lower East Side. Collecting the salvage on lower East Side. Sunday sees airing of bed rooms. West Canal St. A corner on west Canal St. New York Street Scene, Lower East Side These two live in a big new housing project. Corner of Broome St. & Baruch Pl. N.W. corner DeLancey & Lewis Sts.
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