List of photographs considered the most important
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This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—and are considered key images in the history of photography.
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· 19th century › Before 1850
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) | 1826 | Nicéphore Niépce | Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France | Bitumen-coated pewter plate | Considered the oldest surviving camera photograph. | |
| | Windows From Inside South Gallery | August 1835 | William Henry Fox Talbot | Lacock, England, United Kingdom | Photogenic drawing negative | The earliest surviving photographic negative and the earliest surviving paper photograph. | |
| | The Artist's Studio | 1837 | Louis Daguerre | Paris, France | Daguerreotype | ||
| | Boulevard du Temple | 1838 | Louis Daguerre | Paris, France | Daguerreotype | The earliest surviving photograph depicting people: a person working as a shoeshiner and an individual having his shoes shined. | |
| | Self‐Portrait as a Drowned Man | 18 October 1840 | Hippolyte Bayard | Paris, France | Direct Positive | Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process. | |
| | The Haystack | 1844 | William Henry Fox Talbot | Lacock, England, United Kingdom | Calotype | A photograph that appeared in The Pencil of Nature, the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published. |
· 19th century › 1850s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | The Mime Charles Deburau as Pierrot | 1854 | Nadar | Paris, France | Salt print | The photograph is part of a series taken during the 1850s. | |
| | The Cook House of the 8th Hussars | April 1855 | Roger Fenton | Crimea | Salt print | ||
| | Valley of the Shadow of Death | 23 April 1855 | Roger Fenton | Sevastopol, Crimea | Wet collodion negative | Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. | |
| | Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter | 1855 | Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall | Unknown | Unknown (likely albumen print) | ||
| | The Brig | 1856 | Gustave Le Gray | Normandy, France | Albumen print | ||
| | Portrait of Nariakira Shimazu | 17 September 1857 | Shiro Ichiki | Satsuma Domain, Japan | Daguerreotype | Oldest daguerreotype by a Japanese author; first photo designated an Important Cultural Property by the government of Japan in 1999. | |
| | Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern | November 1857 | Robert Howlett | London, England | Glass plate | Landmark environmental portraiture and iconography of the Industrial Revolution and 19th century. | |
| | Two Ways of Life | 1857 | Oscar Gustave Rejlander | Wolverhampton, England | Albumen print | ||
| | La Vallée de l'Huisne (River Scene) | 1857 | Camille Silvy | Nogent-le-Rotrou, France | Albumen print | ||
| | Fading Away | 1858 | Henry Peach Robinson | Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom | Albumen print |
· 19th century › 1860s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Abraham Lincoln | 27 February 1860 | Mathew Brady | New York City, United States | Gelatin silver print | Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president. | |
| | Guardian Angel, One Person Praying | c. 1860 | Unknown | London, England, United Kingdom | Albumen print | ||
| | Boston, As the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It | 13 October 1860 | James Walice Black | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Glass plate | ||
| | Cathedral Rock | 1861 | Carleton Watkins | Yosemite National Park, California, United States | Albumen print | ||
| | The Dead of Antietam | 1862 | Alexander Gardner | Antietam, Maryland, United States | Large-format glass plate | Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War | |
| | The Scourged Back | c. 2 April 1863 | McPherson & Oliver | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States | Albumen print | One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. | |
| | Cartes de Visite | May - August 1863 | Andre Adolphe Disderi | Paris, France | Albumen print | ||
| | The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg | July 1863 | Alexander Gardner | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States | Large-format glass plate | ||
| | Sarah Bernhardt | 1864 | Nadar | Paris, France | Glass plate | ||
| | Wanted Poster | 20 April 1865 | Unknown | United States | Unknown | Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. | |
| | Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal | 7 July 1865 | Alexander Gardner | Washington, D.C., United States | Albumen print | ||
| | Portrait of Sir John Herschel | 1867 | Julia Margaret Cameron | Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom | Carbon print | Herschel would later be the godfather to Cameron's firstborn. | |
| | Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die! | 1867 | Julia Margaret Cameron | Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom | Carbon print | ||
| | Close No. 193 High Street | 1868 | Thomas Annan | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | Photogravure | ||
| | East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail | 10 May 1869 | Andrew J. Russell | Promontory, Utah, United States | Glass plate | The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Central Pacific Railroad (left), meets Union Pacific Railroad (right) and exchange bottles of water from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. |
· 19th century › 1870s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Old Faithful | 1870 | William Henry Jackson | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States | Mammoth-format plate | ||
| | Great Falls of the Yellowstone River | 1871 | William Henry Jackson | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States | Albumen print | ||
| | Chicago Fire | October 1871 | Unknown | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Unknown | ||
| | Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelly | 1873 | Timothy O'Sullivan | Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, United States | Albumen print | ||
| | Steinway Hall | 2 December 1873 | Unknown | New York City, United States | Halftone print | Steinway Hall on East 14th Street, between University Place and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The first halftone print of a photo used in a periodical in the United States. | |
| | Composite Portraits of Criminal Types | 1877 | Francis Galton | London, England, United Kingdom | Unknown | ||
| | The Horse in Motion | June 1878 | Eadweard Muybridge | Palo Alto, California, United States | Composite from multiple glass plates | Series of cabinet cards regarded as a precursor to motion pictures. Pictured left is the variant Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, which further captured a horse's motion. |
· 19th century › 1880s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Street Arabs in the Area of Mulberry Street | 1880 | Jacob Riis | New York City, United States | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Water Rats | 1886 | Frank Meadow Sutcliffe | Whitby, England, United Kingdom | Albumen print | ||
| | Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street | 1888 | Jacob Riis | Mulberry Bend, New York City, United States | Gelatin silver print | Part of How the Other Half Lives, an early photojournalist publication pursuing better conditions for the lower class of New York City. The photo and publication's impact was such that they contributed to the crime-ridden Bend's replacement with Columbus Park. |
· 19th century › 1890s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen | 1895 | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen | Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany | X-ray | The first X-ray, taken by its inventor, featured his wife's hand and ring. | |
| | Shroud of Turin negative | 1898 | Secondo Pia | Turin, Italy | Negative | Photographic negative of an ancient cloth relic shows details of a scourged and crucified human body | |
| | Organ Player and Singing Girl | 1898 | Eugène Atget | Paris, France | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Portrait of Emil Racoviță | 1899 | Louis Boutan | Banyuls-sur-Mer, France | Glass plate | First underwater portrait, and the first taken by a camera designed for underwater photography. |
· 20th century › 1900s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | A Sea of Steps | 1903 | Frederick H. Evans | Wells Cathedral, England, United Kingdom | Large Format | One of Evans's finest works in architectural photography. | |
| | First Flight | 17 December 1903 | John T. Daniels | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, United States | Glass plate | Captured flight of the first airplane, the Wright Flyer, flown by inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright. | |
| | The Vanishing Race–Navaho | 1904 | Edward S. Curtis | Arizona, United States | Photogravure | Taken during the cultural assimilation of Native Americans while also popularizing the Vanishing Indian stereotype. | |
| | The Flatiron | 1904 | Edward Steichen | New York City, United States | Blue-green pigment gum bichromate over platinum print | A print of this photograph became the second most expensive photograph ever sold on 9 November, 2022, when it sold for $11,840,000, at Christie's New York, well above the estimate of $2,000,000–3,000,000. | |
| | The Pond—Moonlight | 1904 | Edward Steichen | Mamaroneck, New York, United States | Multiple gum bichromate print over platinum | Pictorialist hand-colored photograph; only three versions exist. In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold. | |
| | An Oasis in the Badlands | 1905 | Edward S. Curtis | South Dakota, United States | Glass plate | ||
| | Bichonnade in Flight | 1905 | Jacques Henri Lartigue | Paris, France | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | San Francisco Earthquake | 18 April 1906 | Arnold Genthe | San Francisco, California, United States | Unknown (likely gelatin silver print) | ||
| | The Steerage | 1907 | Alfred Stieglitz | Aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, possibly anchored at Plymouth, England, United Kingdom | Glass plate | Landmark modernist photo depicting immigrants on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. | |
| | Child Laborer in Newberry, South Carolina Cotton Mill | 1908 | Lewis Hine | Newberry, South Carolina, United States | Glass plate | Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. | |
| | The North Pole | 6 April 1909 | Robert E. Perry | Arctic Ocean | |||
| | Cactus Hot Air Balloon | 1909 | Léon Gimpel | Paris, France | Autochrome |
· 20th century › 1910s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Breaker Boys | 1911 | Lewis Hine | Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States | Unknown (likely gelatin silver print) | Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. | |
| | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 25 March 1911 | Brown Brothers | New York City, United States | |||
| | The South Pole | 14 December 1911 | Bjorn Finstad | South Pole, Antarctica | Amundsen's South Pole expedition | ||
| | Girl with a Mirror | 1912 | Clarence H. White | New York City, United States | Platinum print | ||
| Storyville Portrait | 1912 | Bellocq | Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ||||
| | Une Delage au Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France de 1912 | 1912 | Jacques-Henri Lartigue | Dieppe, France | Large Format | This photo depicts René Croquet [fr], with his riding mechanic. | |
| | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney | 15 January 1913 | Baron Adolphe de Meyer | New York City, United States | |||
| | Trampled by the Kings Horse | 4 June 1913 | Arthur Barrett | United Kingdom | Emily Davison is struck by King George's horse, Anmer, and knocked unconscious. She died four days later from a fractured skull. | ||
| | Abstraction, Porch Shadows | 1916 | Paul Strand | Salisbury, Connecticut, United States | Silver-platinum print | ||
| | Passport of Isadora Duncan | 1916 | Copied by Brad Trent | United States | |||
| | Blind Woman, New York | 1916 | Paul Strand | New York City, United States | Large format camera with trick lens and right-angle mirror | ||
| | Cottingley Fairies | 1917 | Elsie Wright | Cottingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom | Glass plate | ||
| | German Trenches Near Reims | 1918 | Julien Bryan | Reims, France |
· 20th century › 1920s
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Armco Steel | 1922 | Edward Weston | Middletown, Ohio, United States | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Le Violon d'Ingres | 1924 | Man Ray | Paris, France | Unknown | The photograph depicts Alice Prin, known as Kiki de Montparnasse, from the back and nude to below her waist. Two f-holes are painted on her back to make her body resemble a violin. | |
| | Movement Study | 1926 | Rudolf Koppitz | Vienna, Austria | Gelatin silver print on carte-postale | ||
| | Kiki with African Mask | 1926 | Man Ray | Paris, France | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Charles Lindbergh, Croydon Aerodrome | 29 May 1927 | Pacific and Atlantic photos inc. | London, England, United Kingdom | |||
| | Monolith, the Face of Half Dome | 1927 | Ansel Adams | Yosemite National Park, California, United States | Glass plate | ||
| | Bricklayer | 1928 | August Sander | Cologne, Germany | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | The Pastry Cook | 1928 | August Sander | Cologne, Germany | Large format | ||
| | Woman of Tehuantapec | 1929 | Tina Modotti | Tehuantepec, Mexico |
· 20th century › 1930s
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Larmes
Date
1930
Location
Paris, France
Format
Gelatin silver print
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Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare
Date
1932
Location
Paris, France
Format
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Brussels
Date
1932
Location
Brussels, Belgium
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Couple in Raccoon Coats
Date
1932
Location
New York City, United States
Format
Unknown
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Io + gatto (I + Cat)
Date
1932
Location
Trieste, Italy
Format
Gelatin silver print
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Girl with a Leica
Date
1934
Location
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally
Date
1934
Location
Bückeburg, Germany
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Lady Milbanke as 'Queen of the Amazons'
Date
1935
Location
London, England
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The Falling Soldier
Date
1936
Location
Espejo, Spain
Format
35 mm
Notes
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Fort Peck Dam
Date
1936
Location
Fort Peck, Montana, United States
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Goldfish Bowl
Date
1937
Location
Santorini, Greece
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The Louisville Flood
Date
1937
Location
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Format
Large format
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The Lambeth Walk
Date
1937
Location
London, United Kingdom
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Juvisy, France
Date
1938
Location
Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
Format
Gelatin silver print
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Mainbocher Corset
Date
1939
Location
Paris, France
Format
Large format
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Aerial View of Manhattan
Date
1939
Location
New York City, United States
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Mulberry Street
Date
1939
Location
New York City, United States
| Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) | |
| | The Hague | 3 January 1930 | Erich Salomon | The Hague, the Netherlands | |||
| | Al Capone Mug Shot | 8 May 1930 | Miami Police Department | Miami, United States | |||
| | Pepper No. 30 | 2 August 1930 | Edward Weston | Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States | 8x10 large format view camera | With carefully crafted tones of light, this photo of a pepper emphasizes third-dimensional depth while defying conventional interpretations of form. | |
| | Lynching | 7 August 1930 | Lawrence Beitier | Marion, Indiana, United States | |||
| See article | Larmes | 1930 | Man Ray | Paris, France | Gelatin silver print | The photograph is an extreme close-up of a woman's upturned face with glass droplets placed on her cheeks to imitate tears. | |
| Sleeping Woman | 1930 | Man Ray | Paris, France | ||||
| See article | Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare | 1932 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Paris, France | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Brussels | 1932 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Brussels, Belgium | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Couple in Raccoon Coats | 1932 | James Van Der Zee | New York City, United States | Unknown | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Io + gatto (I + Cat) | 1932 | Wanda Wulz | Trieste, Italy | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Lunch atop a Skyscraper | 20 September 1932 | Photographer cannot be attributed with certainty – see article | New York City, United States | |||
| | Bonnie and Clyde | 1933 | W. D. Jones | United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Girl with a Leica | 1934 | Alexander Rodchenko | Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally | 1934 | Heinrich Hoffmann | Bückeburg, Germany | |||
| | Surgeon's Photograph | 1934 | Ian Wetherell | Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom | |||
| | First AP Wirephoto | 1 January 1935 | Thomas Sande | Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Lady Milbanke as 'Queen of the Amazons' | 1935 | Yevonde Middleton | London, England | |||
| | Migrant Mother | 6 March 1936 | Dorothea Lange | Nipomo, California, United States | Large format | The photograph depicts Florence Owens Thompson, a destitute mother during the Great Depression. | |
| | Jesse Owens Salute | August 1936 | Heinrich Hoffmann | Berlin, Germany | Gelatin silver print | ||
| See article | The Falling Soldier | 1936 | Robert Capa | Espejo, Spain | 35 mm | The photograph depicts the death of Republican soldier Federico Borrell García in the Spanish Civil War. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Fort Peck Dam | 1936 | Margaret Bourke-White | Fort Peck, Montana, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Goldfish Bowl | 1937 | Herbert List | Santorini, Greece | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Louisville Flood | 1937 | Margaret Bourke-White | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | Large format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Lambeth Walk | 1937 | Bill Brandt | London, United Kingdom | |||
| | The Hindenburg Disaster | 6 May 1937 | Sam Shere | Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States | Unknown | The photograph depicts the Hindenburg Zeppelin on fire at the mooring mast of Lakehurst. | |
| | Bloody Saturday | 28 August 1937 | H. S. Wong | Shanghai, China | 35 mm | The photograph depicts a baby in bombed-out ruins in Shanghai. | |
| See article | Juvisy, France | 1938 | Henri Cartier‐Bresson | Juvisy-sur-Orge, France | Gelatin silver print | ||
| | Louis Knocks Out Schmeling | 1938 | Unknown photographer for the Associated Press | Bronx, New York, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Mainbocher Corset | 1939 | Horst P. Horst | Paris, France | Large format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Aerial View of Manhattan | 1939 | Margaret Bourke-White | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Mulberry Street | 1939 | Weegee | New York City, United States | |||
| | Anne Frank | May 1939 | Polyfoto | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
· 20th century › 1940s
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Aryan Race Determination Tests
Date
1940
Photographer
Henry Guttman
Location
Germany
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St Paul's Survives
Date
July 1940
Photographer
Herbert Mason
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Format
35 mm
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Buckingham Palace
Date
13 September 1940
Photographer
Cecil Beaton
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Grief
Date
1942
Photographer
Dmitri Baltermants
Location
Kerch, Ukraine
Format
35 mm
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Three American Soldiers Ambushed on Buna Beach
Date
20 September 1943
Photographer
George Strock
Location
Buna, Papua New Guinea
Format
Unknown (likely medium format)
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The Magnificent Eleven (collection of 11 photographs)
Date
6 June 1944
Photographer
Robert Capa
Location
Normandy, France
Format
35 mm
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Prisoners' Hand Marks
Date
1944
Photographer
Roger Schall
Location
Paris, France
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Saipan
Date
1944
Photographer
W. Eugene Smith
Location
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
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Tide Pool, Point Lobos
Date
1945
Photographer
Edward Weston
Location
Point Lobos, California, United States
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Gestapo Informer Recognized by a Woman She Had Denounced
Date
April 1945
Photographer
Henri Cartier‐Bresson
Location
Dessau, Germany
Format
35 mm
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Atomic Destruction
Date
1945
Photographer
Bernard Hoffman
Location
Hiroshima, Japan
Notes
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Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel
Date
1946
Photographer
Margaret Bourke-White
Location
India
Notes
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
Date
1947
Photographer
Amit Shabi
Location
Israel
Notes
The photograph depicts the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Biblical manuscripts.
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Title
Route 66
Date
1947
Photographer
Andreas Feininger
Location
Route 66 in Arizona, United States
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Barn Owl with Vole
Date
1947
Photographer
Eric Hosking
Location
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Country Doctor
Date
1948
Photographer
W. Eugene Smith
Location
Kremmling, Colorado, United States
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Career Girl
Date
1948
Photographer
Leonard McCombe
Location
New York City, United States
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Provençal Nude
Date
1949
Photographer
Willy Ronis
Location
Gordes, France
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Nuns Watching Television
Date
1949
Photographer
Ralph Morse
Location
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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Clarence Hailey Long
Date
1949
Photographer
Leonard McCombe
Location
Texas, United States
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Aryan Race Determination Tests | 1940 | Henry Guttman | Germany | |||
| See article | St Paul's Survives | July 1940 | Herbert Mason | London, England, United Kingdom | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Buckingham Palace | 13 September 1940 | Cecil Beaton | London, England, United Kingdom | |||
| | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico | 1 November 1941 | Ansel Adams | Hernandez, New Mexico, United States | Gelatin silver print, large format | ||
| | The Roaring Lion | 30 December 1941 | Yousuf Karsh | Ottawa, Canada | Large format | Winston Churchill | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Grief | 1942 | Dmitri Baltermants | Kerch, Ukraine | 35 mm | ||
| | The Tetons and the Snake River | 1942 | Ansel Adams | Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States | |||
| | American Gothic | August 1942 | Gordon Parks | Washington, D.C., United States | 35 mm | ||
| | Betty Grable | 1943 | Frank Powolny | Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
| | The Critic | 1943 | Weegee | New York City, United States | Unknown | ||
| | Warsaw Ghetto boy | 1943 | Unknown | Warsaw, Poland | 35 mm | Originally titled Mit Gewalt aus Bunkern hervorgeholt ('Forcibly pulled out of bunkers') | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Three American Soldiers Ambushed on Buna Beach | 20 September 1943 | George Strock | Buna, Papua New Guinea | Unknown (likely medium format) | ||
| | Into the Jaws of Death | 6 June 1944 | Robert F. Sargent | Omaha Beach, France | |||
| Collection restricted due to copyright View slideshow | The Magnificent Eleven (collection of 11 photographs) | 6 June 1944 | Robert Capa | Normandy, France | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Prisoners' Hand Marks | 1944 | Roger Schall | Paris, France | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Saipan | 1944 | W. Eugene Smith | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Tide Pool, Point Lobos | 1945 | Edward Weston | Point Lobos, California, United States | |||
| | MacArthur Returns | 9 January 1945 | Carl Mydans | Lingayen Gulf, Philippines | |||
| | Yalta Conference | February 1945 | Army Signal Corps | Yalta, Crimea | |||
| | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima | 23 February 1945 | Joe Rosenthal | Iwo Jima, Japan | Large format | The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. | |
| Buchenwald | 15 April 1945 | Margaret Bourke-White | Ettersberg, Germany | ||||
| | Inside Buchenwald | 16 April 1945 | Private H. Miller | Ettersberg, Germany | |||
| See article | Gestapo Informer Recognized by a Woman She Had Denounced | April 1945 | Henri Cartier‐Bresson | Dessau, Germany | 35 mm | ||
| | Benito Mussolini | 29 April 1945 | Vincenzo Carrese | Milan, Italy | The dead body of Benito Mussolini next to his mistress Claretta Petacci and those of other executed fascists, on display in Piazzale Loreto, the same place that the fascists had displayed the bodies of fifteen Milanese civilians a year earlier after executing them in retaliation for resistance activity. | ||
| | Raising a Flag over the Reichstag | 2 May 1945 | Yevgeny Khaldei | Berlin, Germany | 35 mm | The photograph depicts the raising of the Soviet flag during Battle of Berlin. | |
| | Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki | 9 August 1945 | Charles Levy | Nagasaki, Japan | Unknown | ||
| | V-J Day in Times Square | 14 August 1945 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (pictured: same event taken by Victor Jorgensen) | New York City, United States | 35 mm | The photograph depicts a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger on Victory over Japan Day. | |
| Hiroshima, Three Weeks After the Bomb | 1945 | George Silk | Hiroshima, Japan | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Atomic Destruction | 1945 | Bernard Hoffman | Hiroshima, Japan | The photograph was in the first collection depicting the aftermath of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel | 1946 | Margaret Bourke-White | India | The photograph depicts Mahatma Gandhi reading beside his spinning wheel. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Dead Sea Scrolls | 1947 | Amit Shabi | Israel | The photograph depicts the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Biblical manuscripts. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Route 66 | 1947 | Andreas Feininger | Route 66 in Arizona, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Barn Owl with Vole | 1947 | Eric Hosking | Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | |||
| | Babe Ruth Bows Out | 13 June 1948 | Nat Fein | New York City, United States | |||
| | Dalí Atomicus | 1948 | Philippe Halsman | New York City, United States | Unknown | ||
| Juris Upatnieks Demonstrating the Hologram | 1948 | Fritz Goro | Michigan, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Country Doctor | 1948 | W. Eugene Smith | Kremmling, Colorado, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Career Girl | 1948 | Leonard McCombe | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Provençal Nude | 1949 | Willy Ronis | Gordes, France | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Nuns Watching Television | 1949 | Ralph Morse | Erie, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Clarence Hailey Long | 1949 | Leonard McCombe | Texas, United States |
· 20th century › 1950s
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Title
The Kiss at the Hôtel de Ville (French: Les Amants de l'Hôtel de Ville)
Date
1950
Photographer
Robert Doisneau
Location
Paris, France
Format
35 mm
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Title
Moving to the Suburbs
Date
1952
Photographer
J.R. Eyerman
Location
Lakewood, California, United States
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Title
The Announcement of Stalin's Death
Date
6 March 1953
Photographer
Dmitri Baltermants
Location
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Title
Camelot
Date
1953
Photographer
Hy Peskin
Location
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
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Title
Atop Mount Everest
Date
23 May 1953
Photographer
Alfred Gregory
Location
Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal
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Title
Dovima with Elephants
Date
1955
Photographer
Richard Avedon
Location
Paris, France
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Title
Trolley – New Orleans
Date
1955
Photographer
Robert Frank
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Format
35 mm
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Title
Hot Shot Eastbound at Iaeger Drive‐In
Date
1956
Photographer
O. Winston Link
Location
Iaeger, West Virginia, United States
Format
Large format
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Title
The New King
Date
1956
Photographer
Charles Trainor
Location
Miami, Florida, United States
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Title
Aspens, Northern New Mexico
Date
1958
Photographer
Ansel Adams
Location
New Mexico, United States
Format
Gelatin silver print
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Kiss at the Hôtel de Ville (French: Les Amants de l'Hôtel de Ville) | 1950 | Robert Doisneau | Paris, France | 35 mm | ||
| | Iron Lung Polio Patients | 1950 | Unknown | Downey, California, United States | |||
| | Albert Einstein | 1951 | Arthur Sasse | New York City, United States | 35 mm | ||
| | Photo 51 | May 1952 | Raymond Gosling and Rosalind Franklin | London, England | The photograph depicts an X-ray diffraction image providing key to DNA structure. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Moving to the Suburbs | 1952 | Eyerman | Lakewood, California, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Announcement of Stalin's Death | 6 March 1953 | Dmitri Baltermants | Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Camelot | 1953 | Hy Peskin | Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Everest | 23 May 1953 | Sir Edmund Hillary | Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Atop Mount Everest | 23 May 1953 | Alfred Gregory | Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal | |||
| Roger Bannister | 6 May 1954 | Norman Potter | Oxford, England, United Kingdom | 35 mm | |||
| | Monroe | 9 September 1954 | Matty Zimmerman | New York City, United States | The photograph depicts Marilyn Monroe while her white dress blows upwards during a shot for a scene in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. | ||
| Jackie Robinson | 1955 | Ralph Morse | Bronx, New York, United States | ||||
| | Emmett Till's mother at his funeral. | 1955 | David Jackson | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Dovima with Elephants | 1955 | Richard Avedon | Paris, France | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Trolley – New Orleans | 1955 | Robert Frank | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Hot Shot Eastbound at Iaeger Drive‐In | 1956 | O. Winston Link | Iaeger, West Virginia, United States | Large format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The New King | 1956 | Charles Trainor | Miami, Florida, United States | |||
| | Milk Drop Coronet | 1957 | Harold E. Edgerton | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 35 mm | Two drops of milk imaged by fast-film stroboscopic photography | |
| | First Digital Photo | 1957 | Russell Kirsch | Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States | Photo composite of two binary scans | ||
| | Elizabeth Eckford | 4 September 1957 | Will Counts | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | Eckford as one of the Little Rock Nine who faced opposition while attending a formerly segregated high school. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Aspens, Northern New Mexico | 1958 | Ansel Adams | New Mexico, United States | Gelatin silver print | ||
| The Integrated Circuit | 1959 | Robert Noyce | United States | ||||
| | First Satellite Image | 14 August 1959 | Explorer VI | 17000 miles above Mexico |
· 20th century › 1960s
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Title
Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles
Date
1960
Photographer
Julius Shulman
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Format
Large format
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Title
Birmingham, Alabama
Date
3 May 1963
Photographer
Charles Moore
Location
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Notes
Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade.
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Title
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club)
Date
1963
Photographer
Malick Sidibé
Location
Bamako, Mali
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Title
I Have a Dream
Date
28 August 1963
Photographer
Agence France-Presse
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Format
35 mm
Notes
The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century.
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Title
Zapruder film
Date
22 November 1963
Photographer
Abraham Zapruder
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Format
35 mm internegative
Notes
The film depicts the most complete view of the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy.
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Title
Pillow Fight
Date
1964
Photographer
Harry Benson
Location
Paris, France
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Title
New View of Life, Fetus 18 Weeks
Date
1965
Photographer
Lennart Nilsson
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Format
Unknown
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Title
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
Date
1965
Photographer
Neil Leifer
Location
Lewiston, Maine, United States
Format
Medium format
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Title
Jane Goodall Greets Baby Chimp
Date
1965
Photographer
Hugo van Lawick
Location
Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania
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Title
Reaching Out
Date
5 October 1966
Photographer
Larry Burrows
Location
Mutter's Ridge, Vietnam
Format
35 mm
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Title
The Mini Moment
Date
3 December 1966
Photographer
Popperfoto
Location
[where?]
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Title
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Date
18 June 1967
Photographer
Jim Marshall
Location
Monterey, California, United States
See article
See article
Title
Flower Power
Date
21 October 1967
Photographer
Bernie Boston
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Format
35 mm
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Title
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date
4 April 1968
Photographer
Joseph Louw
Location
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
See article
See article
Title
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Date
5 June 1968
Photographer
Bill Eppridge
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Format
35 mm
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Title
Invasion of Prague
Date
August 1968
Photographer
Josef Koudelka
Location
Prague, Czechia
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Title
Bratislava Tank Man
Date
August 1968
Photographer
Ladislav Bielik
Location
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Title
Albino Boy, Biafra
Date
1969
Photographer
Don McCullin
Location
Biafra, West Africa
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Title
Woodstock
Date
August 1969
Photographer
Bill Eppridge
Location
Bethel, New York, United States
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| | Guerrillero Heroico | 5 March 1960 | Alberto Korda | Havana, Cuba | 35 mm | The photograph depicts Che Guevara at a funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. The portrait is commonly displayed as a symbol of student protest and revolutionary movements, and has appeared on clothing and other merchandise. | |
| Massacre at Sharpeville | 21 March 1960 | Ian Berry | Sharpeville, South Africa | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles | 1960 | Julius Shulman | Los Angeles, California, United States | Large format | ||
| Nixon Vs Kennedy TV Debate | 26 September 1960 | Paul Schutzer | Chicago, Illinois, United States | 35 mm | |||
| American Spy Pilot Francis Gary Powers | 16 November 1960 | Carl Mydans | Moscow, Russia | ||||
| Flavio da Silva | 1961 | Gordon Parks | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||
| | Leap into Freedom | 15 August 1961 | Peter Leibing | Berlin, Germany | 35 mm | The photograph depicts Hans Conrad Schumann, an East German soldier running away over barbed-wire in Berlin. | |
| Thalidomide | 1962 | Stan Wayman | [where?] | ||||
| | Cuban Missile Crisis | 25 October 1962 | Neal Boenzi | New York City, United States | Adlai Stevenson II shows aerial photos of Russian missiles in Cuba to the United Nations Security Council in the presence of USSR ambassador Valerian Zorin. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Birmingham, Alabama | 3 May 1963 | Charles Moore | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade. | ||
| Woolworth Sit-In | 28, May, 1963 | Fred Blackwell | Jackson, Mississippi, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) | 1963 | Malick Sidibé | Bamako, Mali | |||
| | The Burning Monk | 11 June 1963 | Malcolm Browne | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 35 mm | The photograph depicts the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức protesting the persecution of Buddhists under the government of Ngo Dinh Diem by committing self-immolation. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | I Have a Dream | 28 August 1963 | Agence France-Presse | Washington, D.C., United States | 35 mm | The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Zapruder film | 22 November 1963 | Abraham Zapruder | Dallas, Texas, United States | 35 mm internegative | The film depicts the most complete view of the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy. | |
| | Johnson Is Sworn In | 22 November 1963 | Cecil W. Stoughton | Dallas, Texas, United States | Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One at Love Field Airport two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas. Jackie Kennedy (right), still in her blood-soaked clothes, looks on. | ||
| | Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald | 24 November 1963 | Robert H. Jackson | Dallas, Texas, United States | 35 mm | The photograph depicts the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby while Oswald was being escorted by police two days after he had assassinated US president John F. Kennedy. | |
| The Beatles Arrive | 1964 | Harry Benson | New York City, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Pillow Fight | 1964 | Harry Benson | Paris, France | |||
| Selma March | 7 March 1965 | James H. Karales | Alabama, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | New View of Life, Fetus 18 Weeks | 1965 | Lennart Nilsson | Stockholm, Sweden | Unknown | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II | 1965 | Neil Leifer | Lewiston, Maine, United States | Medium format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Jane Goodall Greets Baby Chimp | 1965 | Hugo van Lawick | Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania | |||
| | Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze | 1966 | Hou Bo | Wuhan, Hubei, China | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Reaching Out | 5 October 1966 | Larry Burrows | Mutter's Ridge, Vietnam | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Mini Moment | 3 December 1966 | Popperfoto | [where?] | |||
| | The Boston Marathon | 19 May 1967 | Harry Trask | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Runner Kathrine Switzer attacked by race official Jock Semple while running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 18 June 1967 | Jim Marshall | Monterey, California, United States | |||
| Twiggy | 1 March 1967 | Bernard Gotfryd | London, England, United Kingdom | ||||
| Unidentified Flying Object | 1967 | Ralph Ditter | Zanesville, Ohio, United States | ||||
| | Patterson-Gimlin Film | 20 October 1967 | Roger Patterson | Pacific Northwest, United States | 16 mm | ||
| See article | Flower Power | 21 October 1967 | Bernie Boston | Washington, D.C., United States | 35 mm | ||
| | Saigon Execution | 1 February 1968 | Eddie Adams | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Unknown | ||
| | Massacre of Villagers in My Lai | 16 March 1968 | Ronald L. Haeberle | Sơn Mỹ, Vietnam | |||
| | My Lai | 16 March 1968 | Ronald L. Haeberle | Sơn Mỹ, Vietnam | 35 mm | A group of civilian women and children before being killed by the U.S. Army. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 4 April 1968 | Joseph Louw | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | |||
| See article | Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy | 5 June 1968 | Bill Eppridge | Los Angeles, California, United States | 35 mm | ||
| Chicago Democratic Convention Protest | August 1968 | Perry C. Riddle | United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Invasion of Prague | August 1968 | Josef Koudelka | Prague, Czechia | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Bratislava Tank Man | August 1968 | Ladislav Bielik | Bratislava, Slovakia | |||
| | 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute | 16 October 1968 | John Dominis | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
| | Earthrise | 24 December 1968 | William Anders | The Moon | Medium format | The photograph depicts the Earth and Moon's surface from Apollo 8. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Albino Boy, Biafra | 1969 | Don McCullin | Biafra, West Africa | |||
| Canadian Seal Hunt | 1969 | Duncan Cameron | Northumberland Strait, Canada | ||||
| One Week's Dead | 28 May - 3 June 1969 | Life Magazine | Various | ||||
| Aerial View of Woodstock Festival | August 1969 | Burk Uzzle | Bethel, New York, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Woodstock | August 1969 | Bill Eppridge | Bethel, New York, United States | |||
| | Buzz Aldrin on the Moon | 21 July 1969 | Neil Armstrong | Sea of Tranquility, the Moon | 70 mm lunar surface camera | Buzz Aldrin during Apollo 11, the first crewed Moon landing | |
| | Apollo 11 Bootprint | 21 July 1969 | Buzz Aldrin | Sea of Tranquility, the Moon | 70 mm lunar surface camera |
· 20th century › 1970s
See article (cropped)
See article (cropped)
Title
Kent State Shootings
Date
4 May 1970
Photographer
John Paul Filo
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States
Format
Unknown
See article
See article
Title
Tomoko and Mother in the Bath
Date
1971
Photographer
W. Eugene Smith
Location
Kyūshū, Japan
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Title
Windblown Jackie
Date
1971
Photographer
Ron Galella
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
Munich Massacre
Date
5 September 1972
Photographer
Kurt Strumpf
Location
Munich, Germany
Format
35 mm
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Title
Bullet Passing through a Candle Flame
Date
1973
Photographer
Doc Edgerton
Location
United States
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Title
Allende's Last Stand
Date
11 September 1973
Photographer
Orlando Lagos
Location
Chile
Format
35 mm
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Title
Nixon Resignation
Date
9 August 1974
Photographer
Rolls Press
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
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Title
Water‐Towers
Date
1974–2009
Photographer
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Location
Various locations across Europe and the United States
Format
Large format
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Title
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil into the Hand of Traditional Gurindji Landowner Vincent Lingiari
Date
1975
Photographer
Mervyn Bishop
Location
Daguragu, Northern Territory, Australia
See article
See article
Title
Fire Escape Collapse
Date
22 July 1975
Photographer
Stanley Forman
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Title
Soweto Uprising
Date
16 June 1976
Photographer
Sam Nzima
Location
Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Format
35 mm
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Title
Untitled Film Stills
Date
1977–1980
Photographer
Cindy Sherman
Location
New York City, United States
Format
Unknown
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Title
Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter
Date
1979
Photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe
Location
New York City, United States
See article
See article
Title
Molotov Man
Date
16 July 1979
Photographer
Susan Meiselas
Location
Estelí, Nicaragua
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| See article (cropped) | Kent State Shootings | 4 May 1970 | John Paul Filo | Kent, Ohio, United States | Unknown | ||
| | Elvis Meets Nixon | 21 December 1970 | Oliver F. Atkins | Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| See article | Tomoko and Mother in the Bath | 1971 | W. Eugene Smith | Kyūshū, Japan | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Windblown Jackie | 1971 | Ron Galella | New York City, United States | |||
| | President Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong | 21 February 1972 | Unknown | Beijing, China | |||
| | Nixon in China | 26 February 1972 | Oliver F. Atkins | Beijing, China | |||
| | The Terror of War | 8 June 1972 | Disputed: either Nick Ut, Nguyễn Thành Nghệ, or Huỳnh Công Phúc | Trảng Bàng, Vietnam | 35 mm | The photograph depicts a crowd of Vietnamese people running from napalm, among them a girl (later identified as Phan Thi Kim Phuc) who survived by tearing off her burning clothes. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Munich Massacre | 5 September 1972 | Kurt Strumpf | Munich, Germany | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Bullet Passing through a Candle Flame | 1973 | Doc Edgerton | United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Allende's Last Stand | 11 September 1973 | Orlando Lagos | Chile | 35 mm | ||
| | Patty Hearst Surveillance | 15 April 1974 | Hibernia Bank Surveillance Camera | San Francisco, California, United States | Surveillance camera still | Patty Hearst, during the April 1974 Hibernia bank robbery. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Nixon Resignation | 9 August 1974 | Rolls Press | Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Water‐Towers | 1974–2009 | Bernd and Hilla Becher | Various locations across Europe and the United States | Large format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil into the Hand of Traditional Gurindji Landowner Vincent Lingiari | 1975 | Mervyn Bishop | Daguragu, Northern Territory, Australia | |||
| | Helicopter Evacuation of the US Embassy, Saigon | April 1975 | Thai Khac Chuong | Nha Trang, Vietnam | 35 mm | ||
| See article | Fire Escape Collapse | 22 July 1975 | Stanley Forman | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Soweto Uprising | 16 June 1976 | Sam Nzima | Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa | 35 mm | ||
| | The Red Planet | 21 July 1976 | Viking 1 | Chryse Planitia, Mars | |||
| | Boat of No Smiles | 1977 | Eddie Adams | Gulf of Siam | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Untitled Film Stills | 1977–1980 | Cindy Sherman | New York City, United States | Unknown | ||
| Cambodia | 1979 | Jay Ullal | Cambodia | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter | 1979 | Robert Mapplethorpe | New York City, United States | |||
| | Peace Treaty | 26 March 1979 | Yaakov Saar | Washington, D.C., United States | The triple handshake in the peace treaty signing between Israel and Egypt on the White House lawn | ||
| See article | Molotov Man | 16 July 1979 | Susan Meiselas | Estelí, Nicaragua | |||
| | Firing Squad in Iran | 27 August 1979 | Jahangir Razmi | Kurdistan province, Iran |
· 20th century › 1980s
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Title
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Date
1980
Photographer
Annie Leibowitz
Location
New York City, United States
Notes
Lennon was murdered hours after the photograph was taken by Leibovitz
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Title
Miracle on Ice
Date
1980
Photographer
Heinz Kluetmeier
Location
Lake Placid, New York, United States
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Title
Self‐Portrait with Wife and Model
Date
1981
Photographer
Helmut Newton
Location
Paris, France
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Title
Diana with Bridesmaids in Buckingham Palace
Date
1981
Photographer
Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
Location
London, England
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Title
Behind Closed Doors
Date
1982
Photographer
Donna Ferrato
Location
Saddle River, New Jersey, United States
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Title
Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women)
Date
1982
Photographer
Nancy Burson
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[citation needed]
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Title
Michael Jordan
Date
1984
Photographer
Co Rentmeester
Location
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Title
Ken Meeks, Patient with AIDS, Being Cared for by a Friend, San Francisco, California
Date
1986
Photographer
Alon Reininger
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Title
The First Heart Transplant in Poland
Date
1 January 1987
Photographer
James L. Stanfield
Location
Zabrze, Poland
See article
See article
Title
Immersion (Piss Christ)
Date
1987
Photographer
Andres Serrano
Location
United States
Format
Medium format
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Title
Monkey Business
Date
1987
Photographer
National Enquirer
Location
Bimini, the Bahamas
See article
See article
Title
Willie Horton
Date
1987
Photographer
Unknown
Location
Maryland, United States
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Title
Air Jordan
Date
1988
Photographer
Walter Iooss
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Format
Medium format
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Title
Untitled (Cowboy)
Date
1989
Photographer
Richard Prince
Location
United States
Format
Composite
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Title
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Date
24 March 1989
Photographer
John S. Lough
Location
Alaska, United States
See article
See article
Title
Tank Man
Date
5 June 1989
Photographer
Jeff Widener
Location
Beijing, China
Notes
The photograph depicts an unidentified protestor confronting column of Chinese military tanks.
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Title
The Wall Falls
Date
November 1989
Photographer
Robert Maass
Location
Berlin, Germany
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Title
Nicolae Ceausescu
Date
December 1989
Photographer
Christopher Pillitz
Location
Romania
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | 1980 | Annie Leibowitz | New York City, United States | Lennon was murdered hours after the photograph was taken by Leibovitz | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Miracle on Ice | 1980 | Heinz Kluetmeier | Lake Placid, New York, United States | |||
| Starving Boy and Missionary | 1980 | Mike Wells | Uganda | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Self‐Portrait with Wife and Model | 1981 | Helmut Newton | Paris, France | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Diana with Bridesmaids in Buckingham Palace | 1981 | Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield | London, England | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Behind Closed Doors | 1982 | Donna Ferrato | Saddle River, New Jersey, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) | 1982 | Nancy Burson | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States[citation needed] | |||
| Ken Moody and Robert Sherman | 1984 | Robert Mapplethorpe | New York City, United States | ||||
| Milk Carton | 1984 | Robert Frieder | Detroit, Michigan, United States | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Michael Jordan | 1984 | Co Rentmeester | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States | |||
| | Hole in the Ozone | 3 October 1985 | NASA | Greenbelt, Maryland, United States | |||
| | Challenger Disaster | 28 January 1986 | Michele McDonald | Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Ken Meeks, Patient with AIDS, Being Cared for by a Friend, San Francisco, California | 1986 | Alon Reininger | San Francisco, California, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The First Heart Transplant in Poland | 1 January 1987 | James L. Stanfield | Zabrze, Poland | |||
| See article | Immersion (Piss Christ) | 1987 | Andres Serrano | United States | Medium format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Monkey Business | 1987 | National Enquirer | Bimini, the Bahamas | |||
| See article | Willie Horton | 1987 | Unknown | Maryland, United States | |||
| | Dukakis and the Tank | 1988 | Michael E. Samojeden | Detroit, Michigan, United States | The infamous photo of Michael Dukakis taken as part of his presidential campaign. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Air Jordan | 1988 | Walter Iooss | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Medium format | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Untitled (Cowboy) | 1989 | Richard Prince | United States | Composite | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | 24 March 1989 | John S. Lough | Alaska, United States | |||
| See article | Tank Man | 5 June 1989 | Jeff Widener | Beijing, China | The photograph depicts an unidentified protestor confronting column of Chinese military tanks. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Wall Falls | November 1989 | Robert Maass | Berlin, Germany | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Nicolae Ceausescu | December 1989 | Christopher Pillitz | Romania |
· 20th century › 1990s
See article
See article
Title
The Face of AIDS
Date
1990
Photographer
Therese Frare
Location
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Title
Operation Desert Storm
Date
27 February 1991
Photographer
David Turnley
Location
Iraq
Format
35 mm
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Title
Camels in the Oil Fields
Date
1 March 1991
Photographer
Steve McCurry
Location
Burgan field, Kuwait
See article
See article
Title
L.A. Police Beating Rodney King
Date
3 March 1991
Photographer
George Holiday
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
See article
See article
Title
More Demi Moore
Date
1991
Photographer
Annie Leibovitz
Location
Culver City, California, United States
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Title
Famine in Somalia
Date
1992
Photographer
James Nachtwey
Location
Baidoa, Somalia
See article
See article
Title
Dead Troops Talk
Date
1992
Photographer
Jeff Wall
Location
Muqur District, Ghazni, Afghanistan
Format
Large format lightbox transparency
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Title
Bosnia
Date
2 April 1992
Photographer
Ron Haviv
Location
Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Format
35 mm
See article
See article
Title
The Vulture and the Little Girl
Date
March 1993
Photographer
Kevin Carter
Location
Ayod, Sudan (now South Sudan)
Format
35 mm
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Title
Oklahoma City Bombing
Date
19 April 1995
Photographer
Charles Porter IV
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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Title
Giant Iceberg
Date
1995
Photographer
Dr. Hans Oerter
Location
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Title
Bill Clinton hugs Monica Lewinsky
Date
1996
Photographer
Dirck Halstead
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Format
35 mm
See article
See article
Title
99 Cent
Date
1999
Photographer
Andreas Gursky
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Format
chromogenic print face-mounted to acrylic
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Title
Kosovo Refugees
Date
3 May 1999
Photographer
Carol Guzy
Location
Kukës, Albania
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Title
World Cup Winners
Date
1999
Photographer
Robert Beck
Location
Pasadena, California, United States
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| See article | The Face of AIDS | 1990 | Therese Frare | Columbus, Ohio, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Operation Desert Storm | 27 February 1991 | David Turnley | Iraq | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Camels in the Oil Fields | 1 March 1991 | Steve McCurry | Burgan field, Kuwait | |||
| See article | Police Beating Rodney King | 3 March 1991 | George Holiday | Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
| See article | More Demi Moore | 1991 | Annie Leibovitz | Culver City, California, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Famine in Somalia | 1992 | James Nachtwey | Baidoa, Somalia | |||
| See article | Dead Troops Talk | 1992 | Jeff Wall | Muqur District, Ghazni, Afghanistan | Large format lightbox transparency | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Bosnia | 2 April 1992 | Ron Haviv | Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35 mm | ||
| See article | The Vulture and the Little Girl | March 1993 | Kevin Carter | Ayod, Sudan (now South Sudan) | 35 mm | ||
| | Beauty Out of Damage | 1993 | Matuschka | United States | Matuschka's controversial self portrait baring her mastectomy combined with her face. The photo covered the New York Times Sunday Magazine and helped spark debate about breast cancer around the US and the world | ||
| Rwandan Children | 1994 | Seamus Conlan and Tara Farrell | Rwanda | ||||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Oklahoma City Bombing | 19 April 1995 | Charles Porter IV | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Giant Iceberg | 1995 | Dr. Hans Oerter | Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | |||
| | Pillars of Creation | 1995 | Hubble Space Telescope / NASA | Low Earth orbit | Wide field and planetary camera | The photograph depicts a region of star formation. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Bill Clinton hugs Monica Lewinsky | 1996 | Dirck Halstead | Washington, D.C., United States | 35 mm | ||
| | First Cell-Phone Picture | 11 June 1997 | Philippe Kahn | Santa Cruz, California, United States | Camera phone | The subject is Sophie, the daughter of Philippe Kahn | |
| Chinese Baby | 1997 | Jeff Abelin | Fuyang, Anhui, China | ||||
| See article | 99 Cent | 1999 | Andreas Gursky | Los Angeles, California, United States | chromogenic print face-mounted to acrylic | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Kosovo Refugees | 3 May 1999 | Carol Guzy | Kukës, Albania | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | World Cup Winners | 1999 | Robert Beck | Pasadena, California, United States |
· 21st century › 2000s
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Title
Elian Gonzalez Federal Raid
Date
2000
Photographer
Alan Diaz
Location
Miami, Florida, United States
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Title
Surfing Hippos
Date
2000
Photographer
Michael Nichols
Location
Loango National Park, Gabon
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Title
President George W. Bush Learns of the September 11th Attacks
Date
11 September 2001
Photographer
Doug Mills
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States
See article
See article
Title
The Falling Man
Date
11 September 2001
9:41:15 A.M.
Photographer
Richard Drew
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
New Yorkers watch the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center
Date
11 September 2001
Photographer
Patrick Witty
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
Father Judge
Date
11 September 2001
Photographer
Shannon Stapleton
Location
New York City, United States
See article
See article
Title
Raising the Flag at Ground Zero
Date
11 September 2001
Photographer
Thomas E. Franklin
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
Toppling the Statue of Saddam Hussein
Date
9 April 2003
Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
Baghdad, Iraq
Format
35 mm
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Title
Sakura Lisi
Date
2004
Photographer
Marcus Bleasdale
Location
Mongbwalu, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Title
Coffin Ban
Date
2004
Photographer
Tami Silicio
Location
Kuwait International Airport, Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait
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Title
Iraqi Girl
Date
18 January 2005
Photographer
Chris Hondros
Location
Tal Afar, Iraq
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Title
Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Date
3 September 2005
Photographer
Eric Gay
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Title
Hurricane Katrina
Date
4 September 2005
Photographer
Robert Galbraith
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Title
Hurricane Katrina
Date
2005
Photographer
David Phillip
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Title
Jim Comes Home
Date
2005
Photographer
Todd Heisler
Location
Aurora, Colorado, United States
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Title
The Power of One
Date
1 February 2006
Photographer
Oded Bality
Location
Amona, West Bank
Format
35 mm
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Title
Gorilla in the Congo
Date
July 2007
Photographer
Brent Stirton
Location
Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Format
35 mm
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Title
Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
Date
27 May 2007
Photographer
John Moore
Location
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Title
Homecoming
Date
2007
Photographer
Louie Favorite
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Title
Photo Finish
Date
16 August 2008
Photographer
Heinz Kluetmeier
Location
Beijing, China
Format
35 mm
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Title
Married at Last
Date
2008
Photographer
Marcio Sanchez
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Title
The New First Family
Date
2008
Photographer
Win McNamee
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Title
Funeral of Edwin Cobbin
Date
2009
Photographer
Barbara Davidson
Location
Hawthorne, California, United States
See article
See article
Title
Diego Frazão Torquato
Date
2009
Photographer
Marcos Tristao
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Title
The Death of Neda
Date
2009
Photographer
Unknown
Location
Tehran, Iran
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Elian Gonzalez Federal Raid | 2000 | Alan Diaz | Miami, Florida, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Surfing Hippos | 2000 | Michael Nichols | Loango National Park, Gabon | |||
| The First Plane Hits the World Trade Center | 11 September 2001 | Jules Naudet | New York City, United States | A screenshot of the Jules Naudet footage that is included in the Naudet brothers' documentary film 9/11, originally broadcast on March 10, 2002, on CBS, and later released on DVD. | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | President George W. Bush Learns of the September 11th Attacks | 11 September 2001 | Doug Mills | Sarasota, Florida, United States | |||
| See article | The Falling Man | 11 September 2001 9:41:15 A.M. | Richard Drew | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | New Yorkers watch the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center | 11 September 2001 | Patrick Witty | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Father Judge | 11 September 2001 | Shannon Stapleton | New York City, United States | |||
| See article | Raising the Flag at Ground Zero | 11 September 2001 | Thomas E. Franklin | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Toppling the Statue of Saddam Hussein | 9 April 2003 | Goran Tomasevic | Baghdad, Iraq | 35 mm | ||
| | The Pencil Nebula | 5 June 2003 | Hubble Space Telescope / NASA | Low Earth orbit | Wide field and planetary camera | ||
| | The Hooded Man | 4 November 2003 | Ivan Frederick | Abu Ghraib, Iraq | The photograph depicts Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, an Abu Ghraib prisoner, being subjected to torture. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Sakura Lisi | 2004 | Marcus Bleasdale | Mongbwalu, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Coffin Ban | 2004 | Tami Silicio | Kuwait International Airport, Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Iraqi Girl | 18 January 2005 | Chris Hondros | Tal Afar, Iraq | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | 3 September 2005 | Eric Gay | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Hurricane Katrina | 4 September 2005 | Robert Galbraith | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Hurricane Katrina | 2005 | David Phillip | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Jim Comes Home | 2005 | Todd Heisler | Aurora, Colorado, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Power of One | 1 February 2006 | Oded Bality | Amona, West Bank | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Gorilla in the Congo | July 2007 | Brent Stirton | Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery | 27 May 2007 | John Moore | Arlington, Virginia, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Homecoming | 2007 | Louie Favorite | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Photo Finish | 16 August 2008 | Heinz Kluetmeier | Beijing, China | 35 mm | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Married at Last | 2008 | Marcio Sanchez | San Francisco, California, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The New First Family | 2008 | Win McNamee | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Funeral of Edwin Cobbin | 2009 | Barbara Davidson | Hawthorne, California, United States | |||
| See article | Diego Frazão Torquato | 2009 | Marcos Tristao | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
| | Hair Like Mine | 2009 | Pete Souza | Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Death of Neda | 2009 | Unknown | Tehran, Iran |
· 21st century › 2010s
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Title
First Instagram Photo
Date
16 July 2010
Photographer
Kevin Systrom
Location
Mexico
Format
Cell phone
Notes
Kevin Systrom (co-founder of Instagram), the BBC, Time, and Life magazine claim the photograph to be the first shared on Instagram, however The Economic Times and The Guardian claim the first photograph posted to the social media to be a picture of San Francisco's South Beach harbor by Mike Krieger, also co-founder. Time later claimed the post of the harbor was the first shared.
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Title
9/11 Memorial
Date
11 September 2011
Photographer
Justin Lane
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
Aida
Date
12 March 2012
Photographer
Rodrigo Abd
Location
Idlib, Syria
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Title
Fashion Week
Date
7 September 2012
Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
New York City, United States
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Title
Shootings as Routine
Date
14 December 2012
Photographer
Jessica Hill
Location
Newtown, Connecticut, United States
Notes
The photograph shows Carlee Soto using a phone to ask about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, after gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on the school, killing 26, including Victoria.
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Title
Sandy Hook
Date
14 December 2012
Photographer
Shannon Hicks
Location
Newtown, Connecticut, United States
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Title
China Social Suicide
Date
27 February 2013
Photographer
Agence France-Presse
Location
Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Title
North Korea
Date
2013
Photographer
David Guttenfelder
Location
Pyongyang, North Korea
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Title
Boston Marathon Bombing
Date
2013
Photographer
John Tlumacki
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
See article
See article
Title
Final Embrace
Date
April 2013
Photographer
Taslima Akhter
Location
Savar Upazila, Bangladesh
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Title
Nairobi Mall Attack
Date
21 September 2013
Photographer
Tyler Hicks
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
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Title
Oscars Selfie
Date
2 March 2014
Photographer
Bradley Cooper
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Format
Cell phone
Notes
The photograph is a selfie taken at the 2014 Oscars. The image shows Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'o, and her brother, Peter Nyong'o.
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Title
Turkey Mine Blast
Date
13 May 2014
Photographer
Bülent Kılıç
Location
Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey
See article
See article
Title
Alan Kurdi
Date
2 September 2015
Photographer
Nilufer Demir
Location
Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey
Format
Unknown
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Title
Turkish Coast Guard Rescue
Date
2016
Photographer
Emin Menguarslan
Location
Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey
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Title
Yarmouk Refugees
Date
26 January 2017
Photographer
UNRWA
Location
Damascus, Syria
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Title
Climate Change
Date
2018
Photographer
Sergio Pitamitz
Location
Svalbard, Norway
Notes
The photograph depicts a polar bear standing on a melting ice sheet.
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Format | Notes | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | First Instagram Photo | 16 July 2010 | Kevin Systrom | Mexico | Cell phone | Kevin Systrom (co-founder of Instagram), the BBC, Time, and Life magazine claim the photograph to be the first shared on Instagram, however The Economic Times and The Guardian claim the first photograph posted to the social media to be a picture of San Francisco's South Beach harbor by Mike Krieger, also co-founder. Time later claimed the post of the harbor was the first shared. | |
| | The Situation Room | 1 May 2011 | Pete Souza | Washington, D.C., United States | 35 mm | Barack Obama and his national security team, in the White House Situation Room during the killing of Osama bin Laden | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | 9/11 Memorial | 11 September 2011 | Justin Lane | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Aida | 12 March 2012 | Rodrigo Abd | Idlib, Syria | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Fashion Week | 7 September 2012 | Lucas Jackson | New York City, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Shootings as Routine | 14 December 2012 | Jessica Hill | Newtown, Connecticut, United States | The photograph shows Carlee Soto using a phone to ask about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, after gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on the school, killing 26, including Victoria. | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Sandy Hook | 14 December 2012 | Shannon Hicks | Newtown, Connecticut, United States | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | China Social Suicide | 27 February 2013 | Agence France-Presse | Wuhan, Hubei, China | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | North Korea | 2013 | David Guttenfelder | Pyongyang, North Korea | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Boston Marathon Bombing | 2013 | John Tlumacki | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| See article | Final Embrace | April 2013 | Taslima Akhter | Savar Upazila, Bangladesh | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Nairobi Mall Attack | 21 September 2013 | Tyler Hicks | Nairobi, Kenya | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Oscars Selfie | 2 March 2014 | Bradley Cooper | Los Angeles, California, United States | Cell phone | The photograph is a selfie taken at the 2014 Oscars. The image shows Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'o, and her brother, Peter Nyong'o. | |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Turkey Mine Blast | 13 May 2014 | Bülent Kılıç | Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey | |||
| See article | Alan Kurdi | 2 September 2015 | Nilufer Demir | Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey | Unknown | ||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Turkish Coast Guard Rescue | 2016 | Emin Menguarslan | Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Yarmouk Refugees | 26 January 2017 | UNRWA | Damascus, Syria | |||
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | Climate Change | 2018 | Sergio Pitamitz | Svalbard, Norway | The photograph depicts a polar bear standing on a melting ice sheet. |
· 21st century › 2020s
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Title
The Capitol Under Attack
Date
6 January 2021
Photographer
Tayfun Coşkun
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Subject
January 6 United States Capitol attack
| Image | Title | Date | Photographer | Location | Subject | Cited survey(s) |
| Image restricted due to copyright View photograph | The Capitol Under Attack | 6 January 2021 | Tayfun Coşkun | Washington, D.C., United States | January 6 United States Capitol attack | |
| | Out of Afghanistan | 29 August 2021 | Alexander Burnett | Kabul, Afghanistan | Chris Donahue, becoming the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan before the Fall of Kabul |
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- Talbot's 1835 photograph has also been referred to as Lacock Oriel Window (Latticed Window) or simply Latticed Window.
- Also known as Le Noyé (lit. 'The drowned man').
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates their copy of Talbot's Haystack as "probably 1841". The National Gallery of Canada
- View full collection of photographs at Wikimedia Commons.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_of_Charles_Deburau_by_Nadar
- If the photographer is Mayall, then the location would be London, England as he was present there at the time.
- Gustave Le Grey's The Brig is also referred to as Brig on the Water and The Brig in Moonlight.
- Robert Howlett's image is referred to as Isambard Kingdom Brunel before the Launch of the Leviathan in The Oxford Compan
- Alexander Gardener's 1862 The Dead of Antietam is also referred to as Civil War Battlefield or Bodies on the battlefield
- Also titled Cotton Mill Girl. The collection item for the Library of Congress gives a much longer title that includes co
- Also titled Grand Prix of the Automobile Club de France, 1912 or Automobile Delage, Grand Prix de l'Automobile-Club de F
- Also referred to as Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Connecticut and Abstraction, Shadows of a Veranda, Connecticut.
- Also dated to 1913 and 1915.
- Originally captioned "test".
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