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EarlJam

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The Most Influential Photograph in History?
« on: December 09, 2017, 06:36:37 PM »
The Big Question, posted today on The Atlantic. On a side note, the magazine's photo column, by Alan Taylor, recaps some of the best photographs of the week.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/what-was-the-most-influential-photograph-in-history/546596/
« Last Edit: December 09, 2017, 06:38:22 PM by EarlJam »

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Re: The Most Influential Photograph in History?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2017, 07:35:53 AM »
I thought about this before I clicked the link. For me it's got to be - by some margin - Nick Ut’s photograph of Phan Thị Kim Phúc. It turned public opinion the day it was published. Unlike the photo the article selected - which struck awe in all that saw it - but did it influence behaviour and opinion? I don't think so.
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