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40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Take

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  • Those were pretty cool

    I'm gonna have to be a party pooper though and say there was a definitely recent and American bias.

    I mean, these are supposed to be the 40 most powerful photos taken, ever! Where's that one Nat Geo chick, or the pictures of that volcano right before it killed the photographer, or that monk that set himself on fire?

    ... Yes Cal, I'm an anti American, socialist, communist, fascist, libtard terrorist...

  • Wow. All but two are awesome.

    A couple were just no impact at all - just controversial - didn't fit.

    Pictures from all over the world - nice find, Kosar !

  • Just wondering, what two didn't you like?

  • @chicopee-john said:

    I believe #15 was staged with the aid of photoshop or comparable tool.

    Fake. Never happened. Doesn't the couple look staged when you think about it.

    While I don't think it was staged, I just don't see a couple of them being more powerful than these 2 from ww2

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  • I don't think the couple was fake, staged maybe, not fake. I think it says something, the whole make love not war argeument.

  • Pictures have the ability to stir many different emotions.....for everyone. Nice collection.

  • After a little thought, some others that could have been added.

    Berlin Wall being knocked down

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    2005 tsunami pic

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    Vietnam

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  • For the record:

    I deleted a number of posts under this thread. All pertained to my post that one of the pictures was fake, staged, or whatever.

    I believe the posts I deleted - and more than a couple were mine - served no purpose other than to detract from an, otherwise, excellent and evolving series of pictures.

    Great stuff!

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  • This chick

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    Get fucked up

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    "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

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    Burning monk

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    back up off me

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    😛

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    this counts, right?

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    Woodson_Rose.jpg

    Desmond-Howard-Heisman-Pose.jpg

  • Obviously everyone has different opinions on what pictures are the most important. Mine are.

  • Woody, you just had to ruin a good thing.

  • Woody, you just had to ruin a good thing.

    @vaportrail said:

    Woody, you just had to ruin a good thing.

    lol, i couldn't help myself

  • Thanks. Powerful photos that cover all the emotions.

  • This chick

    1985-afghan-girl-national-geographic1.jpg?w=600

    Get fucked up

    muhammad-ali.jpg

    "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

    SB36.jpg

    Burning monk

    budist_monk_on_fire.jpg

    back up off me

    spot_news_-1.jpg

    😛

    albert-einstein-1951.jpg

    this counts, right?

    abbey-a.jpg

    8221146e-d6cf-4928-ad8a-75e64be2ba3d.jpg

    Woodson_Rose.jpg

    Desmond-Howard-Heisman-Pose.jpg

    @mld-woody said:

    This chick

    1985-afghan-girl-national-geographic1.jpg?w=600

    Get fucked up

    muhammad-ali.jpg

    "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

    SB36.jpg

    Burning monk

    budist_monk_on_fire.jpg

    back up off me

    spot_news_-1.jpg

    😛

    albert-einstein-1951.jpg

    this counts, right?

    abbey-a.jpg

    8221146e-d6cf-4928-ad8a-75e64be2ba3d.jpg

    Woodson_Rose.jpg

    Desmond-Howard-Heisman-Pose.jpg

    Last three all total crap.

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    Never forgive the japs.

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    Rockefeller showing the Liberals what he thinks of them.

  • Really? "Never forgive the japs"

    Really?