World Famous Photographs
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01. Afghan Girl [1984]
Photographer: Steve McCurry
This photograph is of Sharbat Gula and often associated with National
Geographic.
02. Omayra Sánchez [1985]
Photographer: Frank Fournier
This photograph is of Omayra Sánchez was one of the 25,000 victims
of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) volcano which erupted on
November 14, 1985
03. Portrait of Winston Churchill [1941]
Photographer: Yousuf Karsh
This photograph of the British Prime Minister during WW2 by
Yousuf Karsh, a Canadian photographer.
04. The plight of Kosovo refugees [1999]
Photographer: Carol Guzy
The photograph is part of The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
entry (2000).
05. Stricken child crawling towards a food camp [1994]
Photographer: Kevin Carter
The photograph is the “Pulitzer Prize” winning photographer taken in
1994 during the Sudan Famine.
06. Segregated Water Fountains [1950]
Photographer: Elliott Erwitt, Magnum Photos
This photograph is a picture of segregated water fountains in
North Carolina.
07. Burning Monk – The Self-Immolation [1963]
Photographer: Malcolm Browne
June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam,
burned himself to death at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon.
V-J Day in Times Square [1945]
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
This is one of the most famous photographs
from the Second World War.
Prisoners at Buchenwald [1945]
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
This photograph was taken just before the American liberated the
concentration camp.
September 11th 2001 [2001]
Photographer: Bill Biggart
This photograph was taken before the second tower was hit.