7 pictures that made history

V-J Day in Times Square

The first picture of this post was taken during valentine’s day in times square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, it shows an American sailor kissing a young nurse, this picture represents the end of World War 2.

Che Guevara

This legendary picture has been taken by the photographer Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, also known as Korda, with a Leica, in Havana in 1960.

Jimi Hendrix burns the guitar

This photograph was taken back in 1967 by Jim Marshall , in a festival called long summer of love. A similar photo of this one was a Rolling Stone’s magazine cover.

The remains of the guitar destroyed by Hendrix that night were recovered and are exposed in the Seattle's Experience Music Project. 

The unknown rebel or the "tank man" 

The title of the photo taken by Stuart Franklin is the nickname of an anonymous man who achieved widespread international recognition due to the photographs taken of the incident in Tiananmen protests of 5th June 1984. 

Another version of this photo, taken by Charlie Cole, won, in 1989 a World press Photo award for the shot that became the symbol of the rebellion against Chinese government.

Afghan Girl 

This wonderful picture taken by  Steve McCurry in 1984 was the cover of  a Nation Geographic magazine in June of 1985, the picture is the symbol that shows the condition of the refugees from all over the world.

The name of the girl in the picture is Sharbat Gula and her identity was unknown until 2002 when she was found.

The Beatles

The photograph of The Beatles walking across a zebra crossing on Abbey Road, London, is probably the most famous Beatles album cover (witch is called "Abbey Road")

The photo was taken in 1969, by Ian MacMillan, he stood on a ladder in the middle of the road to replicate a sketch drawn by Paul McCartney.

The shoot took only 10 minutes, with a police officer holding up the traffic.

First photo ever taken 

Just to be a little reverse the last picture of this post was actually the first photograph ever taken, it was taken in 1826  by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce on "Bitumen of Judaea" (a material that becomes insoluble in lavender oil after being exposed to the light).

To take this picture Joseph needed a eight hours shutter speed, this long exposure was responsible of causing the impression that the buildings were lighted by sun from both sides.