Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photographer Dies

[lepapillon]

Joe Rosenthal, The Associated Press photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, has died. He was 94.

You can read the full article hereI don't know about you, but that's one of the most defining pictures in photography, at least for me. That picture

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[gabsy]

That picture is beautiful.

I have to admit that most of the JFK pics mean a lot to me. Especially the one where he's standing outside the White House with Bobby Kennedy. I love that one. For me, it defines the era.

[forthegenuine]

Oh yes, I heard about this on NPR this morning. Sad.

I've always found this one very intriguing...

[a_good_storm]

This, from the OKC bombing.

This from the My Lai massacre.

Both are pretty brutal, but I think that's what the essence of photography is. To show you things you would otherwise not see, or turn a blind eye to.

[_awestruck]

Pictures like that make me fall in love with photography all over again.

I really hope someday I have a knack for capturing defining moments; moments that normally would be shunned as too mundane otherwise.

[fly_meaway]

I have never ever seen that picture before, but then again, I'm not American, so it makes sense that I haven't. It's a gorgeous photograph though, really gorgeous.