What is the most famous/inspirational Photograph ever taken?

Question

What is the most famous/inspirational Photograph ever taken?

Answer 1

I vote for the astronaut standing on the moon.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Histor...

Answer 2

I like the ones listed, here is another one that I would add to them.  Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange.

http://echeverria.files.wordpress.com/20...

Answer 3

I'd say the kiss picture taken after WWII ended (link is below).

Answer 4

IWO JIMA –

as above, nice in that it’s end-of-the-War scene

http://www.iwojima.com/raising/lflage.gi...  

(also there’s a Soviet counterpart –  Berlin);

a few notes,

geez I wish people would put names & not just links,

so if someone knows the picture in question & not interested can skip the thing;

photo by Niepce excuse-me, it’s historic because supposedly one of first-ever but otherwise nothing great or remarkable about it, primitive in fact;

as for Afghani girl, I have the National Geographic, yike I always thought it more scary than anything else!;

there are many other good examples –

everything Karsh did, for example portrait of Churchill very famous.

Answer 5

http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/afghan...

the afghan girl with the most amazing eyes :)

whats really cool and inspirational about that photo though is how they found her at a refuge camp, and yet she looked flawless with hope and a little fear in her eyes but she knew she had to move on with her life.

Answer 6

http://writeonandmore.files.wordpress.co...

I think that ones pretty famous :)

Pretty cool too!

Oh I just though of another one that I love and have seen in a lot of places:

http://childrensproject.co.uk/images/Sam...

The first photo being more famous, the second being more inspirational :)

Answer 7

I think it would be the first successful photo taken by Neciphore Niepce called "View from the Window at Le Gras"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:View_...

Answer 8

my favorite {already mentioned} is wars end kiss..   hehe, i love the storey behind that....  :D

the afghani girl is an awesome photo.. but not one that i would call inspirational...     altho,,    the woman from that photo is still alive, so i suppose that would make it an inspiration somewhat...

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Answer 9

http://library.thinkquest.org/18652/tapo...