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View from the Window at Le Gras the earliest known surviving photograph produced in the camera obscura by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Nicéphore Niépce 1827 Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
roof
sky
garden
public domain
Boulevard du Temple daguerreotype Louis Daguerre 1838 Boulevard du Temple
roof
street
human
tree
streetlight
sky
public domain
Valley of the Shadow of Death photograph by Roger Fenton Roger Fenton 1855-04-23 Crimean War
valley
road
cannonball
Sevastopol
public domain
Abraham Lincoln photograph by Mathew Brady Mathew Benjamin Brady 1860
Cathedral Rock, Yosemite photograph by Carleton Watkins Carleton Watkins 1861 Cathedral Rocks
mountain
landscape painting
public domain
Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam photograph by Alexander Gardner Alexander Gardner 1862-09 Battle of Antietam
cadaver
public domain
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop 1878 early animated image made by Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge 1878 horse
equestrian
public domain
Bandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street photograph by Jacob Riis Jacob Riis 1888 Mulberry Street
gang
brigand
The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen photograph by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen 1895 hand
ring
bone
phalanx
The Pond—Moonlight photograph by Edward Steichen Edward Steichen 1904 artificial pond
moonlight
public domain
The Vanishing Race photograph by Edward S. Curtis Edward S. Curtis 1904 Navajo
horse
departure
human migration
The Steerage photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz in 1907 Alfred Stieglitz 1907 passenger
steerage
SS Kaiser Wilhelm II
immigrant
man
woman
ship
crowd
public domain
copyrighted
Cotton Mill Girl photograph by Lewis Hine Lewis Hine 1908 cotton mill
girl
child labour
Blind photograph by Paul Strand Paul Strand 1916 blindness
woman
Bricklayer photograph by August Sander August Sander 1928
The Hague photograph by Erich Salomon Erich Salomon 1930 Louis Loucheur
Julius Curtius
André Tardieu
Hague conference on reparations
Lunch atop a Skyscraper 1932 photograph of workers atop the steelwork of 30 Rockefeller Plaza Charles Clyde Ebbets 1932 30 Rockefeller Plaza
worker
beam
lunch
Manhattan
Central Park
Couple in Raccoon Coats photograph by James VanDerZee James Van Der Zee 1932
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson 1932
The Loch Ness Monster photograph by Unknown No/unknown value 1934
Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann Heinrich Hoffmann 1934 Adolf Hitler
Nazi Swastika
Fort Peck Dam photograph by Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke-White 1936
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California photograph by Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange 1936-03-06 Florence Owens Thompson
woman
child
public domain
copyrighted
The Falling Soldier photograph by Robert Capa Robert Capa 1936-09-05 Federico Borrell García
gunshot wound
death in battle
anarchist militiaman
The Hindenburg Disaster photograph by Sam Shere Sam Shere 1937 Hindenburg disaster
LZ 129 Hindenburg
conflagration
Bloody Saturday photograph by H. S. Wong H. S. Wong 1937-08-28 child
Shanghainan Railway Station
rail
debris
infant crying
public domain
The Roaring Lion photograph by Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh 1941-12-30 Winston Churchill public domain
Grief Photo by Dmitry Baltermants Dmitry Baltermants 1942-01
American Gothic photograph by Gordon Parks Gordon Parks 1942-08 Ella Watson
flag of the United States of America
woman
mop
broom
public domain
A Jewish boy surrenders in Warsaw famous Warsaw Ghetto Uprising photograph No/unknown value 1943 Josef Blösche
Tsvi C. Nussbaum
public domain
Betty Grable photograph by Frank Powolny Frank Powolny 1943 Betty Grable public domain
The Critic photograph by Weegee Weegee 1943
D-Day photograph by Robert Capa Robert Capa 1944
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II Joe Rosenthal 1945-02-23 Michael Strank
Harlon Block
Franklin Sousley
Harold Keller
Ira Hayes
Harold Schultz
flag of the United States of America
public domain
Raising a flag over the Reichstag iconic photograph from World War II Yevgeny Khaldei 1945-05-02 Reichstag
flag of the Soviet Union
soldier
Oleksii Kovalov
Abdulkhakim Ismailov
postage stamp
World War II
Berlin
Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki picture of the mushroom cloud over Nagasaki James Charles 1945-08-09 mushroom cloud public domain
V-J Day in Times Square 1945 photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt 1945-08-14 kiss
Greta Zimmer Friedman
sailor
Times Square
Seventh Avenue
Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel photograph by Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke-White 1946
Dalí Atomicus photograph by Philippe Halsman Philippe Halsman 1948 Salvador Dalí
chair
easel
painting
house cat
water
Leda Atomica
footstool
copyrighted
The Babe Bows Out photograph by Nat Fein Nat Fein 1948
Country Doctor photograph by W. Eugene Smith W. Eugene Smith 1948
Camelot photograph by Hy Peskin Hy Peskin 1953
Dovima with Elephants photo by Richard Avedon Richard Avedon 1955 Dovima
Asian elephant
Trolley—New Orleans photograph by Robert Frank Robert Frank 1955
Emmett Till photograph by David Jackson David Jackson 1955 Emmett Till
Milk Drop Coronet 1957 photograph by Harold Edgerton Harold Eugene Edgerton 1957 Plateau–Rayleigh instability
Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles photograph by Julius Shulman Julius Shulman 1960 Stahl House
Guerrillero Heroico iconic photo of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara by Alberto Korda Alberto Korda 1960-03-05 Che Guevara public domain
Jump to freedom photograph Peter Leibing 1961-08-15 Conrad Schumann
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) photograph by Malick Sidibè Malick Sidibé 1963
Birmingham, Alabama photograph by Charles Moore Charles Moore 1963
JFK Assassination, Frame 313 photograph by Abraham Zapruder Abraham Zapruder 1963
self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc picture photograph by Malcolm Browne Malcolm Browne 1963 Thích Quảng Đức
self-immolation
Austin A95 Westminster
fuel container
bhikkhu
The Pillow Fight photograph by Harry Benson Harry Benson 1964
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston photograph by Neil Leifer Neil Leifer 1965
Fetus, 18 weeks photograph by Lennart Nilsson Lennart Nilsson 1965
Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze photograph by Unknown No/unknown value 1966
Invasion of Prague photograph by Josef Koudelka Josef Koudelka 1968
Saigon Execution photograph by Eddie Adams Eddie Adams 1968
Black Power Salute photograph by John Dominis John Dominis 1968
Earthrise photograph of the Earth taken by astronaut Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission Bill Anders 1968-12-24 Earth
Moon
public domain
Albino Boy, Biafra photograph by Don McCullin Don McCullin 1969
A Man on the Moon photograph by Neil Armstrong, NASA Neil Armstrong 1969-07-20 Buzz Aldrin
Moon
space suit
footprint
visor
Neil Armstrong
Mare Tranquillitatis
Omega Speedmaster
Apollo/Skylab A7L
public domain
Kent State Shootings photograph by John Paul Filo John Filo 1970
Windblown Jackie photograph by Ron Galella Ron Galella 1971
Munich Massacre photograph by Kurt Strumpf Kurt Strumpf 1972
The Terror of War photograph by Nick Ut Nick Ut 1972-06-08 Phan Thị Kim Phúc
Allende's Last Stand photograph by Luis Orlando Lagos Orlando Lagos 1973
Fire Escape Collapse photograph by Stanley Forman Stanley Forman 1975-07-22 fall
fire escape
structural failure
girl
woman
Soweto Uprising photograph by Sam Nzima Sam Nzima 1976
Boat of No Smiles photograph by Eddie Adams Eddie Adams 1977
Untitled Film Still #21 photograph by Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman 1978
Firing Squad in Iran photograph by Jahangir Razmi Jahangir Razmi 1979
Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Mapplethorpe 1979
Molotov Man photograph by Susan Meiselas Susan Meiselas 1979-07-06
Behind Closed Doors photograph by Donna Ferrato Donna Ferrato 1982
Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) photograph by Nancy Burson Nancy Burson 1982
Michael Jordan photograph by Co Rentmeester Ko Rentmeester 1984
Piss Christ 1987 photograph by Andres Serrano; depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine Andres Serrano 1987 crucifix
urine
Untitled (cowboy) photograph by Richard Prince Richard Prince 1989 conceptual art
man
horse
advertisement
equestrianism
copyrighted
Tank Man photography of an anonymous man who stood in front of a column of Chinese tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests Jeff Widener 1989-06-05 Tank Man
Type 59
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
copyrighted
David Kirby’s Final Moments photograph by Therese Frare Therese Frare 1990-05-05 David Kirby
More Demi Moore photograph by Annie Leibovitz Annie Leibovitz 1991-08 handbra
human pregnancy
Demi Moore
Bosnia photograph by Ron Haviv Ron Haviv 1992
Famine in Somalia photograph by James Nachtwey James Nachtwey 1992
The vulture and the little girl photograph by Kevin Carter Kevin Carter 1993-03
1993
child
Old World vulture
starvation
Kong Nyong
Pillars of Creation astrophotograph by the Hubble Space Telescope National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1995-04-01 Eagle Nebula
star
cold molecular pillar
public domain
First Cell-Phone Picture photograph by Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn 1997 neonate public domain
Surfing Hippos photograph by Michael Nichols Michael Nichols 2000
99 Cent II Diptychon Photograph by Andreas Gurksy Andreas Gursky 2001 supermarket
The Falling Man iconic photograph from 9/11 Richard Drew 2001-09-11 September 11 attacks
man
falling from height
World Trade Center
copyrighted
The Hooded Man photograph by Sergeant Ivan Frederick Ivan Frederick 2003 public domain
Coffin Ban photograph by Tami Silicio 2004
Iraqi Girl at Checkpoint photograph by Chris Hondros Chris Hondros 2005
Gorilla in the Congo photograph by Brent Stirton Brent Stirton 2007
The Death of Neda photograph by Unknown No/unknown value 2009
Situation Room iconic photo of Barack Obama and his national security team during Operation Neptune Spear Pete Souza 2011-05-01 White House Situation Room
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Marshall B. Webb
Denis McDonough
Robert Gates
Michael Mullen
Thomas E. Donilon
William M. Daley
Antony Blinken
John Owen Brennan
James R. Clapper
Audrey Tomason
woman
man
group of humans
laptop
public domain
North Korea photograph by David Guttenfelder David Guttenfelder 2013
Oscars Selfie photograph by Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper 2014 Ellen DeGeneres
Bradley Cooper
Meryl Streep
Brad Pitt
Jennifer Lawrence
Kevin Spacey
photograph of Alan Kurdi photo of dead toddler on beach on Turkish beach Nilüfer Demir 2015-09-02 Alan Kurdi
toddler
beach
death
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