Your favourite powerful historical images

[Anonymous]

For me I go back to the moment Goebbels realized his photographer, Eisenstaedt was Jewish.



You can see the evil burning up this man.

[Anonymous]

For those who don’t know, Eisenstaedt’s most famous photo is of the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square on V-J Day.

[Anonymous]

Wow what a poignant photo.

And a clear sign of antisemitism on his face.

Thx for sharing OP.

[Anonymous]

The first one I remember that happened in my lifetime: the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was 9, and had just left Germany for the UK. On TV I saw people sitting on the broken wall, dancing, crying, hugging, and I'm like: "Darn it, why did we have to move! I could have been there!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me I go back to the moment Goebbels realized his photographer, Eisenstaedt was Jewish.



You can see the evil burning up this man.

They didn’t call him the Poison Dwarf for nothing.

[Anonymous]

The woman in the famous Dorothea Lange dustbowl photo was only 32. I think about that a lot.

[Anonymous]

The little black boy looking up at Obama, who is out of the frame.

[Anonymous]

Tank Man:



This is mine for so many different reasons. An iconic image of bravery in the face of oppression, but no one knows who Tank Man is. Soon after this photo was taken he melted back into the crowd and into obscurity. And that's overall what happened after Tiananmen Square. The photo is banned in China. There was so much hope after Tiananmen and the fall of the Berlin Wall. We didn't realize that the former would actually be the future.

[Anonymous]

Bandit’s Roost and all the other photos in Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives. Have revisited this book throughout my life. I have always been fascinated by this period in history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tank Man:



This is mine for so many different reasons. An iconic image of bravery in the face of oppression, but no one knows who Tank Man is. Soon after this photo was taken he melted back into the crowd and into obscurity. And that's overall what happened after Tiananmen Square. The photo is banned in China. There was so much hope after Tiananmen and the fall of the Berlin Wall. We didn't realize that the former would actually be the future.

Wait, Tank Man escaped? I always assumed he had been caught and disappeared by the authorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The woman in the famous Dorothea Lange dustbowl photo was only 32. I think about that a lot.

Me too.

She looked so tired, tortured + her daughters looked like they were suffering so much internally.

[Anonymous]

The Best of Life is a great book of historic photos. I loved looking through it as a kid.

[Anonymous]

If you can see it, you can be it . . .

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.176

[Anonymous]

Photo of Gerri Santoro who died hemorrhaging from an illegal abortion:

https://images.app.goo.gl/e3VGYn9JMEPNhDny8

Anyone who thinks banning abortions make them stop happening is insane. Legal, safe abortions save women's lives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tank Man:



This is mine for so many different reasons. An iconic image of bravery in the face of oppression, but no one knows who Tank Man is. Soon after this photo was taken he melted back into the crowd and into obscurity. And that's overall what happened after Tiananmen Square. The photo is banned in China. There was so much hope after Tiananmen and the fall of the Berlin Wall. We didn't realize that the former would actually be the future.

Wait, Tank Man escaped? I always assumed he had been caught and disappeared by the authorities.

We don't really know. He was pulled away by onlookers.

This is a pretty good account of the incident and the photo:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/world/tiananmen-square-tank-man-cnnphotos/