Top 100 photos

Albino Boy, Biafra

I chose this image because I could not stop imagining theses tiny humans being perfectly healthy and smiling. I think that what mostly caught my eyes was not his legs, but the look on his face. He looks so tired and worn out, yet he is not giving up.

I read about a boy that is an albino and an orphan. He is starving, yet everyone excludes him because of the way that he looks. That one picture made everyone start talking and very soon many people started sending donations, and things that people like him need.

In addition, Don McCullin could not handle looking at his own photo because of all of the death that he saw all around him.

In addition to this picture, Don McCullin said he couldn't handle his own picture because he saw 800 children dying on the spot when he was there. He saw fflies around the kids and saw kids crawling around.

October 9, 1935 (81)

Finsbury Park, London  

Won a scholarship to Hammersmith School for Arts and Crafts, but then went to the air force.

Kent State Shootings

I chose this image because I thought that it was interesting to see the reactions on everyone's face. It seemed as if only one person actually knew what was happening because all but one person looked calm, and normal.

I read about a shooting at Kent State University in Ohio that lasted 13 seconds, yet changed the lives of everyone there. Four ended up dead, nine wounded, and many scared for life. This photo became the nations national symbol of lost youth. 

John Pauul Filo

August 21, 1948 (68)

Natrona Heights, PA

He attended Kent State University.

Alan Kurdi

I chose this image because it shocked me to see a little boy, face down in the sand. The first thing that caught my eye was how little he was. 

This is a photo of one of 2 boys that died with their mother by drowning, just trying to get to safety. They had attempted to go to the Greek island of Kos. They only had to go 3 miles, but very soon into their attempt to go to the island, a giant wave crashed their boat and killed the family. 

The additional text with this photo tells about the war going on in Syria and how many Syrians would want to escape to Europe. Since Kurdi was lying on the European shores, this gave them the hope and possibility of coming.

Nilufer Demir

1986

Izmir Province, Turkey

Lunch atop a Skyscraper
I chose this photo because when I first saw it, chills ran down my back just looking at everyone sit on so high up.
I read that this photo was taken when young men were taking a lunch break while trying to build Rockefeller stadium. They had no ropes or any gear tied onto them and this photo is used in New York today to symbolize how New York is unfrais to take risk and tackle hard projects like this one. No one knows who took this photo, nor do they know who is in the photo because it is the most reproduced in New York.
The building of Rockefeller stadium allowed for half a million people to get jobs during the impression and made a difference with the economy.
No one knows who the photographer is.

Collapsing Fire Escape

I picked this image because although it is a very tragic accident it's impressive that the photographer caught this split second, without the picture blurring. 

In the article it says that the photographer, Stanley Forman, goes on rescue missions with the fire department to shoot routine rescues. This wasn't a random occurrence, but the fire escape collapsing was an unusual devastating accident. T

he additional information isn't there, but the article talks about how the victims of this tragedy were two females, a 19 year old, and a 2 year old. Also, this photo won Forman the Pulitzer Prize, and resulted in tougher fire escape safety codes to prevent such a tragedy.

Stanley Forman

July 10, 1945

Winthrop, Massachusetts 

Attended Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology