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 09/05/2004 02:42:48 AM · #1
in your opinion what is the best photo ever i know its hard but try.

Message edited by author 2004-09-05 02:43:03.
 09/05/2004 02:43:41 AM · #2
One of my many favorite 'common' photos is "Migrant Mother" by Dorthea Lange.
 09/05/2004 02:43:59 AM · #3
Originally posted by mrsamsa:
in your opinion what is the best photo ever i know its hard but try.


My current one in "Backlighting" :)

heheh.. just kidding.

That's a tough question, and I don't think I can honestly answer it.
 09/05/2004 02:45:34 AM · #4
I *WILL* say that the most powerful photo I've ever seen was the one of the firefighter carrying that little girl out of the Oklahoma Federal Building after being bombed. Nothing tops that for pure, fierce, raw emotion.

Here's a hyperlink, for the curious, but I'm not going to post it, since it's a really sensitive photograph.

Firefighter picture.

Message edited by author 2004-09-05 02:49:54.
 09/05/2004 02:47:08 AM · #5


i know this one so great

09/05/2004 02:47:12 AM · #6
How's about the first one 'cause it opened the door ?
 09/05/2004 02:48:50 AM · #7
where can i see the firefighter one?
 09/05/2004 02:50:10 AM · #8
Originally posted by mrsamsa:
where can i see the firefighter one?


I edited my original post

Sorry.. I'm a little out of it.. I do warn you, It's a little graphic and disturbing.

Message edited by author 2004-09-05 02:52:23.
 09/05/2004 02:52:20 AM · #9
wow i've never seen that before very powerful.
 09/05/2004 03:06:19 AM · #10
Speaking of graphic , one that sticks in my mind was the {headshot} from Vietnam
 09/05/2004 03:07:13 AM · #11
This Vietnam war image is pretty powerful as well... but it is quite graphic and not for the faint of heart. Maybe not the best photo ever technically speaking, but from a PJ standpoint, it ranks way up there.
 09/05/2004 03:07:17 AM · #12
Originally posted by mrsamsa:


i know this one so great


Great photo, the work of Dorothea Lange correct? I remember seeing that photo while reading some of the work by Paul Taylor last year.
 09/05/2004 03:15:36 AM · #13
Originally posted by laurielblack:
This Vietnam war image is pretty powerful as well... but it is quite graphic and not for the faint of heart. Maybe not the best photo ever technically speaking, but from a PJ standpoint, it ranks way up there.


that picture has always scared the crap out of me i know its great but i get chills in the bad way.
 09/05/2004 03:16:52 AM · #14
Now that's emotional Laurie , unfortunately a very famous image in it's time .
 09/05/2004 03:24:52 AM · #15
So far, the images posted have all shown powerful emotions. Raw emotion, that's what stands out to us. Pain, agony, sorrow. And I agree that these are some of the greates photographs. But still an interesting look of human nature.

I think another one would be Sharbat Gula, Pakistan, 1984 by Steve Mccurry.

Message edited by author 2004-09-05 03:31:25.
 09/05/2004 03:26:15 AM · #16


A series of photos from a coal slide in wales, where 116 children were buried in their school.
 09/05/2004 03:33:08 AM · #17
Thanx for postin' that , David's Sister is .......... there's almost anger in her eye's
 09/05/2004 03:35:12 AM · #18
one of my favorites:


Also many of these few series. I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with this man.
//www.digitaljournalist.org/issue9912/mlintro.htm
 09/05/2004 04:30:39 AM · #19
That's surely a very difficult thing to find, best photo ever... everyone's opinion would differ. Maybe (slightly) easier if it was broken down into categories. Best Soccer Photo Ever, Best Baseball Photo Ever, Best Portrait Ever, Best Candid Photo Ever, Best Photo of an Ice Cream Salesman Ever, Best Hamster Photo Ever. and so on ad infinitum. (Add smiley here, if you please.)
 09/05/2004 04:52:27 AM · #20


Sums up war doesn't it.
 09/05/2004 08:29:21 AM · #21
Originally posted by laurielblack:
This Vietnam war image is pretty powerful as well... but it is quite graphic and not for the faint of heart. Maybe not the best photo ever technically speaking, but from a PJ standpoint, it ranks way up there.


Gotta go with Laurie's choice. That's the one that came into my mind as soon as I saw the title of this thread. I doubt any other photo will ever match it's impact. It is an understatement to say that it changed the course of history.
 09/05/2004 08:45:14 AM · #22
Perhaps work by Robert Capa.

09/05/2004 09:04:04 AM · #23
Steve McCurry's Afghan girl.
 09/05/2004 09:21:12 AM · #24
Is it just me? Or are we confusing "powerful / disturbing image" with the topic of "best photo ever" ???

I saw the topic and came running to see what people were talking about / looking at. And while these vietnam and firefighter pictures are full of emotion, they really aren't very good "pictures" are they??? (or *is* it just me?)

Originally posted by doctornick:
Steve McCurry's Afghan girl.


Now *there* is a photo that could be classified in the "best ever" category! Thanks for sharing, I'd love to see more.

09/05/2004 09:28:19 AM · #25
Full "Afghan Girl"....I agree this is one of my favorite photographs/portrait photographers of all time.
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