cheers for that marsdenman.

+1 the photo book

algarebairn – apologies but I could not help but post it – quite possibly the single most poerful image I've ever seen….

certainly gave me pause to sit and think a minute…

Xipe Totec put a link to that photo (larger size) and other powerful shots here, some shots may offend the more sensitive.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute

8 seconds……….

adn a whole different type of iconic photo.. but if you were a teenage male in the 70's you knew this photo…

Good point actually, this is pretty iconic:

I knew the shot, often though there would be simply no way I could stand by and take even one frame of such a scene – i'd be in there taking the child away….

Just read up on the detail….

This shocking photo depicts a starving Sudanese child being stalked by a patient vulture. It is a horrific picture that gave people a true look at the dire condition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kevin Carter, who took the photo, won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. Kevin then came under a lot of scrutiny for spending over 20 minutes setting up the photo instead of helping the child. Three months after taking the photo, he committed suicide..

The vietnam war produced some of the most amazing/iconic photos. A good field trip would be to the American War museum in Ho Chi Minh city to see their exhibition of photos, taken by photographers from all sides. (understand that may be over-budget as field trips go)

never seen the picture of the child and vulture. It's a distressing image. Why didn't he take the picture then help the child?

Loads of classic images already but no-one's included this:

eamon mccabe for sports photos

There is a great one of a boxers hands and one of a table tennis player

I knew the shot, often though there would be simply no way I could stand by and take even one frame of such a scene – i'd be in there taking the child away….

Just read up on the detail….

This shocking photo depicts a starving Sudanese child being stalked by a patient vulture. It is a horrific picture that gave people a true look at the dire condition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kevin Carter, who took the photo, won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. Kevin then came under a lot of scrutiny for spending over 20 minutes setting up the photo instead of helping the child. Three months after taking the photo, he committed suicide..

Sometimes the picture is more powerful in my opinion. Would we still be talking about (the) atrocities if he had helped the child? Were the people who criticised the photographer even there? Do we know what happened to the child? How many other children were saved because the more advanced countries saw this image?

I fall in line with Kevin Carter and would have taken the picture without hesitation. Just an observation.

The Manic Street Preachers wrote a song about Kevin Carter didn't they?

Got to be the most powerful image I have ever seen. I showed a girl in the office it about half an hour ago and she hasn't come out of the toilet since.

Bill Brandt