It is a wonderful example of famous war photos that look the way they should without any post-processing. Though the image you can see here contains grain and blurry parts, the main thing is the feelings and thoughts it evokes. The general manager stopped the press to get immediate pictures, which severely damaged the film and only several frames were left. The 4 rolls of film were delivered to the LIFE office in London. He had to spend more than an hour taking photos, while bombs were exploding and people were dying around him. Robert worked for LIFE magazine and his task was to show the terror of war and the struggle of soldiers participating in that military campaign. Robert Capa, a photographer from Hungary, was among them and he took images of the troops trying to stop the Axis aggression. I believe many people, especially those leaving in the western world, know about the D-Day, when more than 34 thousand Allied soldiers landed in Normandy to fight the Nazi army in the Second World War. D-Day – Robert Capa (1944) Taken by Robert Capa photographerĪmong many images of history, this one is my favorite ones. However, “Milk Drop” remains the proof that photography can be a masterpiece. He is also known for photographs depicting a bullet piercing an apple or an exploding balloon. In this photo he was able to catch the flight of an insect, and also Harold Edgerton worked for several years to make a drop of milk look perfect in a picture. These frozen-in-motion photographs are the first of their kind.Įdgerton is the first person to use a stroboscope, or strobe light, to illuminate objects in motion. This is one of the most famous images that demonstrate the capabilities of new photography, namely the ability to capture a second. Flight + Falling Drop of Milk – Edgerton (1986) Read more about Photoshop history and how it influenced the world.Ĥ.Halsman said it took 28 attempts before he was pleased with the result. The name of the photo refers to Dali’s work Leda Atomica, which you can see on the right, behind the cats. Today, this photo can be quite easily recreated in Photoshop, but, as you know, in 1948, these technologies were not available.ĭali Atomicus’ picture reveals the idea of zero gravity, depicting three cats flying in the air, a splash of water, an easel and Salvador Dali himself - they all seem to hover in the frame. This portrait of the surrealist artist Salvador Dali, hovering in the air, was shot by an American photographer of Latvian origin Philippe Halsman long before modern computer editing technologies appeared. Dalí Atomicus – Philippe Halsman (1948) Taken by Philippe Halsman photographer Another reminder that everything in the space is not only spectacular, but also temporary. If the theory is true, then the “Pillars of Creation” themselves no longer exist, but because of the speed of light, we will be able to observe their destruction in a thousand years. Some scientists believe that a cloud was formed as a result of the supernova explosion that occurred about 6 thousand years ago. The photograph shows clusters of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle nebula in the Serpens constellation, located at a distance of about 7 thousand light years from the Earth. Among the latter, of course, is the “Pillars of Creation”. NASA has spent 7 years and billions of dollars designing and constructing the Hubble Space Telescope, which produced many invaluable shots. Pillars of Creation – NASA (1995) Taken by NASA She is still engaged in shooting famous people and her works are featured on the pages of the world’s best photography magazines.Ģ. John was killed near his apartment a few hours later.Īnnie Leibovitz demonstrated a great talent and become one of the top portrait photographers.
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It became an iconic photograph because this shot, taken by Leibovitz, was the last professional image of the musician. After several attempts to make a portrait, as it was originally intended, the musician insisted on a group photo with his wife, who refused to be naked in front of the camera. Photographer Annie Leibovitz had to photograph John Lennon for the cover of Rolling Stone.
Lennon & Yoko – Annie Leibovitz (1980) Taken by Annie Leibovitz photographer Some images were included on this list because they turned out to be the first of their kind, others changed the way people think about something, and the rest literally influenced our life and headed it into a new direction.ġ. There is no universal way to make a photo iconic.
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