Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: Revealing the Backstory of an Iconic Photograph
This post was originally published on this siteThe iconic photograph known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” captures a moment frozen in time, taken on September […]
Iconic Photos
The story behind Ormond Gigli’s “Girls in the Windows” iconic photograph, 1960
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1960, photojournalist Ormond Gigli assembled 43 women, dressed them in refined, colorful garb, and situated them in […]
Dorothy Counts: The teenager who challenged the segregation, 1957
This post was originally published on this siteDorothy Counts made national news in September 1957, when at the age of 15, she became one of […]
“Tragedy by the Sea”: A dreadful incident that changed a couple’s life forever, 1955
This post was originally published on this siteOn the morning of April 2, 1954, Los Angeles Times photographer John Gaunt was lounging in the front […]
Test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteThis is the story behind the famous picture of the test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning […]
A 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AKM, 1990
This post was originally published on this siteA 106-year-old Armenian woman sits in front of her home guarding it with a rifle, in Degh village, […]
The story of Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet, 1993
This post was originally published on this siteFew good things come out of war, and the image of this young couple’s lifeless bodies embracing on […]
The 100 most influential historical pictures of all time
This post was originally published on this siteTIME magazine decided to create a list of the 100 most influential pictures ever taken. They teamed up […]
Dr. Zbigniew Religa monitors his patient’s vitals after a 23 hour long heart transplant surgery, 1987
This post was originally published on this siteAmidst a tangle of wires Dr. Zbigniew Religa anxiously watches a monitor to see how his patient responds […]
A starving boy and a missionary in Uganda, 1980
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1980 Mike Wells took this powerful photograph of a Catholic missionary holding the hand of a starving […]
US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, Okinawa, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThis picture depicts one of the most heart wrenching moments to occur on Okinawa involved a family with […]