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40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken
BuzzFeed ^ | May 30, 2012 | Jack Shepherd

Posted on 06/03/2012 11:26:48 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Society
KEYWORDS: photography
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To: Kartographer

Thank you. I was about to post it.


41 posted on 06/03/2012 12:19:32 PM PDT by mikrofon (Some still remember...)
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To: RansomOttawa
OPERATION UPSHOT-BADGER, 18 APRIL 1953
42 posted on 06/03/2012 12:20:19 PM PDT by moonshot925
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To: EveningStar
Can't believe they didn't include this one.


43 posted on 06/03/2012 12:23:47 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: EveningStar
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.”

44 posted on 06/03/2012 12:24:37 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: Tzimisce
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)

45 posted on 06/03/2012 12:24:45 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Tzimisce
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.

46 posted on 06/03/2012 12:25:30 PM PDT by NELSON111
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To: moonshot925

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.


47 posted on 06/03/2012 12:26:58 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: KarlInOhio
I would replace all three of their choices of dogs being reunited with their owners and replace them with just this one:

48 posted on 06/03/2012 12:27:08 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: EveningStar

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

Who picked these losers?


49 posted on 06/03/2012 12:29:42 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: EveningStar
I'm kind of partial to this one... 8^)


50 posted on 06/03/2012 12:30:01 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: EveningStar

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


51 posted on 06/03/2012 12:30:46 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: dfwgator
And:


52 posted on 06/03/2012 12:32:11 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: EveningStar
On the lighter side, they should have some sports moments:


53 posted on 06/03/2012 12:33:13 PM PDT by mikrofon (Capsulizing a century of frustration...)
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To: dfwgator
what's the top one? somebody foiling a flag desecration???
54 posted on 06/03/2012 12:35:59 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: EveningStar

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

55 posted on 06/03/2012 12:37:46 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: al baby

That pic is my desktop...


56 posted on 06/03/2012 12:41:59 PM PDT by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: Kartographer

M-Tv?


57 posted on 06/03/2012 12:43:20 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: EveningStar
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
58 posted on 06/03/2012 12:46:09 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Extraneous Wind sends ...)
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To: EveningStar

59 posted on 06/03/2012 12:46:09 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: oldfart

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.


60 posted on 06/03/2012 12:51:06 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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