Landrum Kelly Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) Le Baiser de l’Hotel de Ville What is your favorite iconic photo? The above is one of mine. --Lannie P.S.: The above photo was staged. (Does that affect your perception of how good it is?) Edited April 7, 2017 by Landrum Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Does that affect your perception of how good it is? Yes. It makes it better. 1 We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 John John saluting JFK's coffin, Stan Stearns https://oneradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/john-f-kennedy-funeral-john-jr-salute.jpeg 1 We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrum Kelly Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Yeah, I guess that was staged--by Jackie herself. I never thought about it before, Fred. --Lannie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Eisenstaedt's photo was much better, and much more meaningful. I have nothing against staged photos, BTW - I just don't like it when it's not declared. So, what's my favourite iconic photo? That's a tough one. Very tough. The one of the Napalm attack by Nick Ut has undeniable force. But I think I would choose The Photojournalist by Andreas Feininger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tholte Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Eisenstaedt's photo was much better, and much more meaningful. I have nothing against staged photos, BTW - I just don't like it when it's not declared. So, what's my favourite iconic photo? That's a tough one. Very tough. The one of the Napalm attack by Nick Ut has undeniable force. But I think I would choose The Photojournalist by Andreas Feininger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tholte Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 "Reaching Out" by Larry Burrows is my favorite. I knew some fellow Marines that were also attacked on this same ridge (Mutter's Ridge) three years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Geoff Hirst scoring England's third against West Germany. Sir Geoff Hurst's 1966 England World Cup final shirt goes unsold - BBC News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 P.S.: The above photo was staged. (Does that affect your perception of how good it is? not a sausage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bowring Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Migrant mother by Dorothea Lange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Another for Migrant Mother. The whole FSA archive is a wonder, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenkuzenski Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 not a sausage Bluebottle? Is that you? My own: Adams' Moonrise, Hernandez, NM. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 An impossible question, of course, and one where I might give a different answer next week. Certainly some of those mentioned, especially Nick Ut's, or perhaps Capa's photo of a face in the surf on D-Day, or Neil Armstrong's picture of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. But if I had to pick one today, probably Nude (Charis, Santa Monica) by Edward Weston. For reasons given in the linked Wikipedia article and in an interview with Charis Weston, it's an image that needs very careful printing - it's worth seeing an original print if you can (there's one in the Radical Eye exhibition at Tate Modern in London at the moment), or failing that the excellent reproduction in the recent re-issue of The Flame of Recognition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Bluebottle? Is that you? jools, what did we say about pet names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTriplett Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 It is so interesting that most of the "favorites" identified above are documentary in nature (if not reality), rather than of the more "artistic" variety. I suspect it is because of the power of documentary photos to move us emotionally due to our identification with the human subjects of the images. There are obvious exceptions, of course, but the preponderance noted so far seem to be news photos of extraordinary human events. For me, you would have to ask for my favorites in a variety of genres, and even then it would be tough to answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bill Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Karsh's Churchill after he grabbed the cigar to get the belligerent expression from a man who had just won the Battle of Britain. This sort of technique has served me well over the years to get a genuine expression of displeasure or threat. Used it with some guys with guns and lesson learned, don't tell them what you did, especially if the guns are loaded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmurray Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Since I do a lot of portraits, one of my favorite photographers is Arnold Newman. His portrait of Picasso is one of my favorites of his, among many. Pablo Picasso Vallauris France 1954 | Arnold Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton_romar Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Korda's Guerillero heroico: http://100photos.time.com/photos/alberto-korda-guerillero-heroico#photographKorda In addition to everything that has bee said and written about it, one thing is worth adding: this is a photograph that gained its universal recognition and prominence exactly because of the fact that it was not protected by copyright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 There are so many possibilities depending on my mood and my train of though at the moment. But, right now, this morning, I am thinking, Dali Atomicus by Philippe Halsman File:Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u.jpg - Wikimedia Commons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick D. Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Korda's Guerillero heroico: http://100photos.time.com/photos/alberto-korda-guerillero-heroico#photographKorda In addition to everything that has bee said and written about it, one thing is worth adding: this is a photograph that gained its universal recognition and prominence exactly because of the fact that it was not protected by copyright. What if it wasn't picture of Che, would that pic still popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick D. Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 http://www.alaskakids.org/layouts/alaskakids/files/gallery/images_original/181_alaskakids-1472.jpg I think it is picture of all humanity, all of us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 This is one... www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrum Kelly Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Oh, glorious war! As Tim Holte mentioned above, An Iconic 'Life' Image You Must See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) To go along with Phil's posting, The photo "Earthrise" from Apollo 8 Earthrise The crew was Frank Borman, James Lovel, and William Anders. William Anders took the photograph. P.S. I change my mind. This is my new favorite iconic photograph Edited April 9, 2017 by Glenn McCreery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Melia Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Napalm girl by Nick Ut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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