40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

BuzzFeed ^ | May 30, 2012 | Jack Shepherd

[EveningStar]

A moving collection of iconic photographs from the last 100 years that demonstrate the heartbreak of loss, the tremendous power of loyalty, and the triumph of the human spirit.

[mikrofon]

Thank you. I was about to post it.

[moonshot925]

OPERATION UPSHOT-BADGER, 18 APRIL 1953

[Bratch]

Can't believe they didn't include this one.

[I cannot think of a name]

This one should be there:

http://pulitzerprize.org/graveside-anthony-suau-1984/

Probably a little to patriotic for a site that thinks two lesbians getting married is “powerful.”

[raybbr]

Yeah, hippie causes...

"Wait For Me Daddy," by Claude P. Dettloff, October 1, 1940: A line of soldiers march in British Columbia on their way to a waiting train as five-year-old Whitey Bernard tugs away from his mother's hand to reach out for his father. (H/t Jodi P)

[NELSON111]

Liberal, hippie causes?

An old Russian war vet kneeling by his tank...two sisters where there where three...a dog sitting by the grave of it's owner...separated relatives..."Wait For Me Daddy"...Navy chaplain Luis Padillo gives last rites to a soldier wounded by sniper fire during a revolt in Venezuela.

This list goes on. You have a problem. Having been to war...and seen it...there is nothing liberal or hippie about liking peace...and all of us that have been there will tell you that. Me thinks you didn't look at the pictures and are now in hiding.

[RansomOttawa]

Thanks! I was thinking more of the Operation Crossroads underwater test, or the ones that demolished the mocked-up town in Nevada, but that will do in a pinch.

[Kartographer]

I would replace all three of their choices of dogs being reunited with their owners and replace them with just this one:

[fwdude]

Less than half of them are “powerful,” except in a Leftist’s warped world.

Who picked these losers?

[raybbr]

I'm kind of partial to this one... 8^)

[PzLdr]

Left out the flag raising on Iwo? Mostly BS pictures.

[Kartographer]

And:

[mikrofon]

On the lighter side, they should have some sports moments:

[Chode]

what's the top one? somebody foiling a flag desecration???

[ConservativeStatement]

Dick Butkus Watches as Chuck Hughes Lies on Field Original caption:Detroit Lions' wide receiver Chuck Hughes lies on the field at Tiger Stadium, October 24, as the Chicago Bears' Dick Butkus (#51) and two officials await assistance in the closing minutes of the Lions-Bears game. Hughes died within the hour at Ford Hospital of an apparent heart attack.

http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1719814/dick-butkus-watches-as-chuck-hughes-lies

[metesky]

That pic is my desktop...

[central_va]

M-Tv?

[NonValueAdded]

On the 40th anniversary of the "napalm girl" photo, they don't have it in the list? There is a most interesting "rest of the story" thread up, here

[central_va]

[Revolting cat!]

I’ve lived long enough to disdain nostalgia and cheap sentimentalism of today or yesterday.

These photos are like John Tesh’s music. One cat’s opinion.