30 Photos That Changed the World

[Raffine]

Here's a list of what Photography Schools Online calls the 30 photo that changed the world:

Some are inspirational, some are horrific, but all are embedded in our psyche:

http://www.photographyschoolsonline.net/blog/2010/30-photos-that-changed-the-world/

EDIT: This is not one of them:

[InformationGeek]

EDIT: This is not one of them:

Really?  It is sure changed the b-movie world in some way.   

I've seen a lot of those photos and yes, they have really changed the world a lot and have left a huge impact on everyone.  The Birmingham beatings, The Terror of War, and Lynching photos are the most powerful to me though.

[indianasmith]

Very cool.  Thanks for posting.  I'm surprised the photo of Jack Ruby gunning down Lee Harvey Oswald did not make the list.

[Raffine]

Very cool.  Thanks for posting.  I'm surprised the photo of Jack Ruby gunning down Lee Harvey Oswald did not make the list.

Agreed, or the photo of a mortally wounded Bobby Kennedy on the floor with the busboy or Martin L. King, Jr's aids pointing toward the gunshots from the balcony in Memphis.

[ulthar]

Pretty good list, though short.

You could probably put any 30 of Ansel Adam's work on such a list.  His photographs are mesmerizing and spiritual.

I think of all of them, #11 is my favorite (Earth as seen from the moon).  Before I looked at the list, I hoped it would be on there.

I feared #1 would be on the list.  I hate that photo and cannot look at it.  But alas, it's ugliness is its importance.

Finally, interesting story about #3.  My Dad was a juvenile officer in Dade County, Florida at the time of the Kent State shootings.  That girl was a "missing person" from one of his schools and when he saw that picture, he knew where to start looking for her.  She was a runaway.  I don't recall if he ever actually found her.

[Joe the Destroyer]

EDIT: This is not one of them:

Maybe one of us (or a lot of us) should compile list of the 30 still screens that changed b-movies.  Although, seeing a still shot of a splinter going into a fake eye isn't going to go over well with many folks.